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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.

Niels Bohr

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
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
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Difficult Future Time
If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Understand Yourself
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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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Fake Science Truth Wisdom
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Funny Person Science Understand
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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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Deep Reality Science

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