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Discovery Quote by Niels Bohr

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“Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.”

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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

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Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]

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