tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post6019493089963868061..comments2023-06-28T07:56:10.910-04:00Comments on In Progress: Quote of the DayPeter H of Lebohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960259139631190172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-75244955274370656252011-06-26T18:12:43.994-04:002011-06-26T18:12:43.994-04:00I once read a very articulate article from a physi...I once read a very articulate article from a physicist who wrote about how, as a graduate student, the big draw of physics was that you were on the cutting edge of discovering the secrets of the universe. What other profession would you choose? <br /><br />As a wise, experienced physicist (and here is where I wish I had his words as they may have been even better than Bohr's) he said something like, you realize you do not so much discover the secrets of the universe as much as explain them.James Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871338738388893364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-41666406813418119332011-06-26T17:32:50.157-04:002011-06-26T17:32:50.157-04:00Let me add two more: one is something you and I ha...Let me add two more: one is something you and I have been trying to say for years but never so succinctly and eloquently: "Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience."<br /><br />And the second is a classic in itself: "No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical." <br /><br /><br />Finally, if you think Bohr might be one of the more profound thinkers of the modern age, you are in good company. John Wheeler, the physicist who coined the term Black Hole, had this to say about his time working with Bohr: "You can talk about people like Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Confucius, but the thing that convinced me that such people existed were the conversations with Bohr."Big Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488250533536442903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-59746392146285796542011-06-26T15:41:27.908-04:002011-06-26T15:41:27.908-04:00Those are much better quotes. I never realized how...Those are much better quotes. I never realized how poetic Niels Bohr was.James Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871338738388893364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-20560629458545767672011-06-26T14:43:56.006-04:002011-06-26T14:43:56.006-04:00Perhaps more to the point: We must be clear that ...Perhaps more to the point: We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. Niels BohrBig Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488250533536442903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-40525550693826378932011-06-26T14:12:42.163-04:002011-06-26T14:12:42.163-04:00Everything we call real is made of things that can...Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. Niels BohrBig Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488250533536442903noreply@blogger.com