Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
NIELS BOHRThe opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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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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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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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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Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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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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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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No paradox, no progress.
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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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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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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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