The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
NIELS BOHRWe are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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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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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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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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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating 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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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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