That's not right. That's not even wrong.
Wolfgang PauliRead
The layman always means, when he says "reality" that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the most important and exceedingly difficult task of our time is to work on the construction of a new idea of reality.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the need to rethink and redefine our understanding of reality beyond surface-level perceptions.
Wolfgang Pauli suggests that while most people consider reality to be self-evident and straightforward, it is actually a complex construct that requires deeper exploration and redefinition. He emphasizes the significant challenge of developing a new conceptual framework for reality that goes beyond common assumptions. This reflects a philosophical inquiry into the nature of existence and the meanings we attach to it.
Themes
RealityPerceptionPhilosophyUnderstandingComplexity
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on philosophical perspectives of reality, one could use this quote to provoke thought.
More from Wolfgang Pauli
All quotes →Physics is very muddled again at the moment; it is much too hard for me anyway, and I wish I were a movie comedian or something like that and had never heard anything about physics!
Wolfgang PauliRead
The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable.
Wolfgang PauliRead
What really matters for me is ... the more active role of the observer in quantum physics ... According to quantum physics the observer has indeed a new relation to the physical events around him in comparison with the classical observer, who is merely a spectator.
Wolfgang PauliRead
I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism ... but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for mathematics.
Wolfgang PauliRead
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.
Wolfgang PauliRead
Similar quotes
While our world is shaking and crumbling, we need to realize that one thing will never change, and that is God. He is the same today as he was ten million years ago, and will be the same ten million years from today.
Billy GrahamRead
For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have said yes when we wanted to say no. And for far too long we have said no when we desperately wanted to say yes. . . . When we don't listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don't, others will abandon us.
Terry Tempest WilliamsRead
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
Cesar ChavezRead
And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too needed ten, then thirty, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness.
Haruki MurakamiRead
I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you.
Pico IyerRead
Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
Henry David ThoreauRead