The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
NIELS BOHRIn 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.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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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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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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What 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.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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