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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Niels Bohr

When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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Creation Force Science Value World
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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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
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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Development Greatness History Humanity Science Study
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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Philosophy Truth Wisdom Wrong Yourself
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
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
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Funny Future Risk
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search

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