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I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.

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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
Association Football Player
Chemist
Nuclear Physicist
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
University Teacher
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
Nicholas Baker
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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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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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No, no, you're not thinking you're just being logical.
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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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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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