If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
Interpretation
Quantum mechanics challenges our understanding of reality and requires deep contemplation.
Niels Bohr's quote emphasizes the profound complexity and counterintuitive nature of quantum mechanics, suggesting that if one fully grasps its implications, they would be deeply affected by the radical departure from traditional physics our understanding of the universe entails. It serves as a reminder that true comprehension of the subject is not just intellectual but also emotional, prompting a sense of awe and reconsideration of our place in the cosmos.
In practice
A physics teacher might use this quote to spark interest in the complexities of quantum mechanics in a classroom discussion.
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'
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