10 quotes by Niels Bohr

“There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.” — Niels Bohr

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“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.” — Niels Bohr

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“Einstein, stop telling God what to do!” — Niels Bohr

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“Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.” — Niels Bohr

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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.” — Niels Bohr

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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.” — Niels Bohr

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“Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false the opposite of a great truth is also true.” — Niels Bohr

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“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” — Niels Bohr

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“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.” — Niels Bohr

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“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.” — Niels Bohr

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