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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.

Niels Bohr

No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress 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
A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Funny Person Science Understand
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Deep Truth Wisdom
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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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself
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
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
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Appearance Hope Mad
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
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Expression Foundation Greatness Light Ourselves Science
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity

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