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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.

Niels Bohr

If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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Connection Creation Establishment Language Mental Photograph Poet Poetry Science
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
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Thinking Understand Yourself
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 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
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
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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Crazy Enough Feeling Theory
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Difficult Future Time
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
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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Experience Human Ideas Language Ourselves Science Word

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