The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
NIELS BOHRWhat 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.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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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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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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