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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

Niels Bohr

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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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
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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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
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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Deep Mad Recognition Truth
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
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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Philosophy Truth Wisdom Wrong Yourself
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
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
Truth and clarity are complementary.
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One Liner Science Truth
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual

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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