It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.
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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.
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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
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If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We must be clear that 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 and establishing mental connections.
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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.
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