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There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.

Niels Bohr

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Deep Reality Science
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
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Hope Progress Thinking Wonderful
If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Understand Yourself
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
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
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Experiement People Science Work Yourself
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Greatness Human Satisfaction Science
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
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
Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Change Children Oneself Time
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
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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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
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
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Funny Future Risk
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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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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Funny Logic Thinking Yourself
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves

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