Science Quotes

"Quantum entanglement is not a trick of measurement; it reflects actual physical connections."

"We should approach the mysteries of quantum physics with both rigor and awe."

"Bell's theorem permanently changed our understanding of the foundations of physics."

"Quantum mechanics reveals that nature operates beyond the reach of classical intuition."

"Bell inequalities provide empirical access to the metaphysical structure of reality."

"Science only works on the assumption that there are laws of nature."

"If all this damned quantum mechanics is not just hocus pocus."

"I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it."

"It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory."

"One need not think much before realizing that, for physics, just as for biology, vitalism is a sort of sanctuary of ignorance."

"I would say: the atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities."

"All science is essentially nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."

"Physics is really nothing more than a way of talking about the world."

"The great insight of quantum mechanics is that observation affects reality."

"What we observe is not nature in itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."

"We physicists are all of us convinced of the truth of the theory of quantum mechanics."

"The laws of nature determine nothing absolutely, they determine only the relative probabilities."

"An atom in a molecule is not the same as an isolated atom."

"The basic properties of space and time are not independent of the presence of matter."

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

"Science cannot rest with the idea that the world is fundamentally unknowable."

"Physics only deals with abstract quantities."

"The observer cannot be separated from the observed."

"The laws of nature are writing mathematical formulae."

"To the scientist there is no difference between being objective and being impartial; to claim objectivity is to claim impartiality."

"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing."

"It is often asserted that quantum mechanics is unintuitive and counterintuitive."

"Only by acknowledging the role of the observer can we understand quantum reality."

"Matter and energy are interchangeable; they are different aspects of one underlying reality."

"We cannot describe what goes on in the atom in terms of classical physics."