Niels Bohr: Two sorts of truth: profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to tr

Two sorts of truth: profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is — Niels Bohr

Two sorts of truth: profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd.

Niels Bohr

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