Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHRAccuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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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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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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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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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be 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 opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is 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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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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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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