Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
NIELS BOHRIf you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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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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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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No paradox, no progress.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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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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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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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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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.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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