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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.

Niels Bohr

In 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.
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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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Education Learning Science
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
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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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Thinking Understand Yourself
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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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Understand Yourself
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
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
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way

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