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> [In our work, we are always between Scylla and Charybdis; we may fail to abstract enough, and miss important physics, or we may abstract too much and end up with fictitious objects in our models turning into real monsters that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/in-our-work-we-are-always-between-scylla-and-charybdis-we-may-fail-to/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

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## More by Murray Gell-Mann

> [Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/of-course-the-word-chaos-is-used-in-rather-a-vague-sense-by-a-lot-of/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [ My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands \[and I\] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/my-colleagues-in-elementary-particle-theory-in-many-lands-and-i-are/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Think how hard physics would be if particles could think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/think-how-hard-physics-would-be-if-particles-could-think/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/sustainability-is-living-on-nature-s-income-rather-than-living-on-its/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/but-when-researchers-at-bell-labs-discovered-that-static-tends-to/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-am-frequently-astonished-that-it-so-often-results-in-correct/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/superstitions-typically-involve-seeing-order-where-in-fact-there-is/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [I thought of killing myself but soon decided that I could always try MIT and then kill myself later if it was that bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-thought-of-killing-myself-but-soon-decided-that-i-could-always-try/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/in-fact-any-experiment-that-measures-a-quantum-effect-is-one-in-which/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/so-the-old-copenhagen-interpretation-needs-to-be-generalized-needs-to/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/enthusiasm-is-followed-by-disappointment-and-even-depression-and-then/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-i-have-seen-further-than-others-it-is-because-i-am-surrounded-by/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-we-look-at-the-way-the-universe-behaves-quantum-mechanics-gives-us/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/now-what-that-means-is-that-there-is-fundamental-indeterminacy-from/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

> [Just because things get a little dingy at the subatomic level doesn't mean all bets are off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/just-because-things-get-a-little-dingy-at-the-subatomic-level-doesn-t/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

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