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.
NIELS BOHROf course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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No paradox, no progress.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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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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Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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