Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
NIELS BOHRThere is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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No paradox, no progress.
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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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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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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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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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