Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Truth in physics is what nature reveals through experiment."
Bell, John Stewart
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"A theory's predictive power is not its only measure of truth."
Bell, John Stewart
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"An honest approach to quantum mechanics acknowledges its strangeness rather than denying it."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Local realism may be beautiful, but it is incompatible with experimental facts."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The measure of a theory is not how much we like it, but how well it predicts experimental outcomes."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Physical theories are human constructs, but they capture real features of the world."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Nature does not deceive us; our understanding merely remains incomplete."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The interconnectedness of all things is not mysticism but established physical fact."
Bell, John Stewart
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"What is real? Only measurements are real."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"One cannot determine simultaneously with the accuracy the position and velocity of an electron."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"You see, the fundamental principle of science is that you must not fool yourself, and the easiest person to fool is yourself."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"What can be measured and verified is what we call real."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"A scientist's life is dominated by the search for truth."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"The scientist only imposes on Nature the requirement that she shall be selfconsistent."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Reality at its most fundamental level is non-material; it is information and relationship."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The pursuit of truth is not separate from the pursuit of beauty and goodness."
Schrödinger, Erwin
S
"Reality is not what we perceive; it is what we discover through careful observation and reason."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Bell inequalities reveal the strangeness at the heart of reality itself."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Nature cares not for our philosophical preferences; it simply is what it is."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The separation between observer and reality dissolves at the quantum level."
Everett, Hugh
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"The many-worlds theory is not speculation; it is the straightforward interpretation of quantum mechanics."
Everett, Hugh
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"The universe does not judge between possibilities; it realizes all of them."
Everett, Hugh
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"The many-worlds interpretation is not an interpretation at all—it is the inevitable conclusion of taking quantum mechanics seriously."
Everett, Hugh
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"To embrace many-worlds is to embrace the deepest truth about how reality is structured."
Everett, Hugh
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"To embrace many-worlds is to embrace the ultimate democracy of existence."
Everett, Hugh
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
Bohr, Niels
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"Never express yourself more clearly than you think."
Bohr, Niels