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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.

Niels Bohr

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
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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Fake Science Truth Wisdom
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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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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Experiement People Science Work Yourself
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Difficult Future Time
No paradox, no progress.
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One Liner Progress Science
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
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
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
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
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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Deep Fake Greatness Truth Wisdom

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