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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

Niels Bohr

We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Funny Future Risk
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Change Children Oneself Time
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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Philosophy Truth Wisdom Wrong Yourself
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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Deep Fake Greatness Truth Wisdom
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
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Change Difficult Force Greatness Ourselves Thinking

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