If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
NIELS BOHRIsolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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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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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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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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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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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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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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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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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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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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