Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
NIELS BOHROne must always do what one really cannot.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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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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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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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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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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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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