If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
NIELS BOHRIn the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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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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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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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 physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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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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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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