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Two sorts of truth: profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd.
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As quoted by his son Hans Bohr in "My Father", published in Niels Bohr: His Life and Work (1967), p. 328 | Unsourced variant: The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth

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