Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
NIELS BOHRAddress to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
NIELS BOHRIt is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
NIELS BOHRThere are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
NIELS BOHRWe are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
NIELS BOHRAnyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
NIELS BOHRIt is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
NIELS BOHROh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHRA person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
NIELS BOHRThere 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.
NIELS BOHRIf you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
NIELS BOHRWe all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
NIELS BOHRAnd anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
NIELS BOHRWe are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
NIELS BOHRThe meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
NIELS BOHRWhat 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.
NIELS BOHRHow wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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