Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
NIELS BOHRAn independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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 measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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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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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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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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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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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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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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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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