Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

We are the world.

We are the world.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...