It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
NIELS BOHRAnd anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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 some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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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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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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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 best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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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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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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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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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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