Erwin Schrodinger:

The reason why our sentient, percipient and thinking ego is met nowhere within our scientific world picture can easily be indicated in seven words: because it is itself that world picture.

— Erwin Schrodinger Modern

Wave mechanics

Context

From 'What is Life?', a deep philosophical insight into the nature of the observer and its relationship to the perceived world.

Date / Period

1944

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/126909-the-reason-why-our-sentient-percipient-a…

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