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title: "18 Theory Quotes By Murray Gell-Mann"
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> [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/)

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> [I do not keep up with the details of particle physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-do-not-keep-up-with-the-details-of-particle-physics/)

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

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> [What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkable-is-that-in-fundamental-2/)

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

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> [If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the…](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/)

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> [Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective…](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/)

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> [I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/i-think-also-of-my-colleagues-in-elementary-particle-theory-in-many/)

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

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> [If someone says that he can think or talk about quantum physics without becoming dizzy, that shows only that he has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/if-someone-says-that-he-can-think-or-talk-about-quantum-physics/)

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

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> [Niels Bohr brainwashed a whole generation of theorists into thinking that the job (interpreting quantum theory) was done 50 years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/niels-bohr-brainwashed-a-whole-generation-of-theorists-into-thinking/)

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

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> [In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of…](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/)

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> [All of modern physics is governed by that magnificent and thoroughly confusing discipline called quantum mechanics ... It has survived all tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/all-of-modern-physics-is-governed-by-that-magnificent-and-thoroughly/)

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

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> [The mathematics clearly called for a set of underlying elementary objects-at that time we needed three types of them-elementary objects that could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/the-mathematics-clearly-called-for-a-set-of-underlying-elementary/)

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

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> [What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/what-i-try-to-do-in-the-book-is-to-trace-the-chain-of-relationships/)

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

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> [While many questions about quantum mechanics are still not fully resolved, there is no point in introducing needless mystification where in fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/while-many-questions-about-quantum-mechanics-are-still-not-fully/)

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

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> [So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole…](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/)

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> [One thing that makes the adventure of working in our field particularly rewarding, especially in attempting to improve the theory, is that...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/one-thing-that-makes-the-adventure-of-working-in-our-field/)

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

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> [What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics, a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/what-is-especially-striking-and-remarkable-is-that-in-fundamental/)

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

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> [ My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands \[and I\] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and… ](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/)

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> [“In 1963, when I assigned the name "quark" to the fundamental constituents of the nucleon, I had the sound first, without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/in-1963-when-i-assigned-the-name-quark-to-the-fundamental/)

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

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## Other authors on Theory

## 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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