Niels Bohr Quotes

1885–1962, Danish Physicist
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
DisputedNo reliable source from Niels Bohr's lifetime: Anonymous Danish saying (1948); linked to Bohr only after his death. · evidencePrediction
“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.”
Thoughts and Thinking
“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.”
Experts
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
Truth
“If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.”
Science and Scientists
“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.”
Truth
“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.”
Technology