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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.

Niels Bohr

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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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
Of 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.
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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Understand Yourself
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
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
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
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Measure Property Science
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Funny Future Risk
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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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
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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Experience Human Ideas Language Ourselves Science Word
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom

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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