Niels Bohr — "It is not the job of science to tell us how the world is, but what we can say ab…"
It is not the job of science to tell us how the world is, but what we can say about it.
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Similar to his 'Physics is not about how the world is' quote, reflecting his philosophical stance.
Date: Approx. 1930s
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