Physics is About Describing Nature
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.'
Aage Petersen, The Philosophy of Niels Bohr (1963)
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Not about what nature is.
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- The Philosophy of Niels Bohr Journal Article
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quantum physical description, quantum world, nature, Bohr, concerns, task, physics