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.

Quote by Niels Bohr

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

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

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...

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

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

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...

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a...

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...

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.

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.

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

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