Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
NIELS BOHREverything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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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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No paradox, no progress.
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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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One must always do what one really cannot.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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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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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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