Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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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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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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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We 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.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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