Quotes of Max Born - somelinesforyou

“ I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science... This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing which modern science has given to us. For the belief in a single truth and in being the possessor thereof is the root cause of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible, and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method'. Between these two extremes there is enough scope for believing the reasonable and reasoning on sound beliefs. ”

- Max Born

“ There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible, and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method'. Between these two extremes there is enough scope for believing the reasonable and reasoning on sound beliefs. ”

- Max Born

“ There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. ”

- Max Born

“ The human race has today the means for annihilating itself — either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. ”

- Max Born

“ Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. ”

- Max Born

“ Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. ”

- Max Born

“ If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. ”

- Max Born

“ The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage. ”

- Max Born

“ I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. ”

- Max Born

“ The human race has today the means for annihilating itself — either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure. ”

- Max Born

“ The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. ”

- Max Born

“ If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. ”

- Max Born

“ Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. ”

- Max Born

“ The continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. ”

- Max Born

“ And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. ”

- Max Born
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