Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohrwas a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 October 1885
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
prediction
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. – Niels Bohr,1885-1962, Danish Physicist
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One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Predictions are hard, especially abot the future.
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If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.
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Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it.