How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Quote by Niels Bohr

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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows...

If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows...

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is...

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is...

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made,...

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made,...

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy...

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy...

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how...

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how...

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to...

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to...

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made,...

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made,...

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may...

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may...

Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts...

One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts...

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand....

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand....

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet,...

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet,...