And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
NIELS BOHRAn expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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No paradox, no progress.
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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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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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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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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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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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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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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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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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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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