Concepts Quote by Eugene Wigner

“When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again. It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the…” quote by Eugene Wigner — Download Open image

“When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again. It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.”

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The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.

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There are two kinds of people in the world: Johnny Von Neumann and the rest of us.

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It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too.

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It's nice the know the computer understands the situation, but I would like to understand it too.

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... mathematics is the science of skillful operations with concepts and rules invented just for this purpose.

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The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their expression.

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Solipsism may be logically consistent with present Quantum Mechanics, Monism in the sense of Materialism is not.

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“The present writer had occasion, some time ago, to call attention to the succession of layers of "laws of nature," each layer containing more…

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The optimist regards the future as uncertain.

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The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young man, I…

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Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact,…

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The great mathematician fully, almost ruthlessly, exploits the domain of permissible reasoning and skirts the impermissible. That his recklessness does not lead him into…

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