We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
NIELS BOHRYour theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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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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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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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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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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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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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
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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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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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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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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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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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No paradox, no progress.
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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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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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