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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.

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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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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
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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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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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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.
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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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It is very difficult to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future.
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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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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is not to investigate the essence of things-we do not at all know what this would mean&mashbut to develop those concepts that allow us to speak with each other about the events of nature in a fruitful manner.
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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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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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No, no, you're not thinking you're just being logical.
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Predictions are hard, especially abot the future.
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A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition. Can it be true that you, of all people, believe it will bring you luck?' 'Of course not,' replied Bohr, 'but I understand it brings you luck whether you believe it or not.'
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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