Truth and clarity are complementary.
NIELS BOHRIf anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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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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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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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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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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