Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Broglie , Louis de (1962), New perspectives in physics, Retrieved on 2012-01-28Source Material [books.google.com]
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28 JAN 2012
Do Not Extrapolate Macro-Philosophy from Quantum Phenomena
Many scientists have tried to make determinism and complementarity the basis of conclusions that seem to me weak and dangerous; for instance, they have used Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to bolster up human free will, though his principle, which applies exclusively to the behavior of electrons and is the direct result of microphysical measurement techniques, has nothing to do with human freedom of choice. It is far safer and wiser that the physicist remain on the solid ground of theoreti...People try to infer that the uncertainty principle means we have free will, but the principle only applies to the behavior of electrons.
28 JAN 2012
Scientists Must Remain Modest
Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [the scientist] must nevertheless remain sincere and modest, if only because his studies constantly bring home to him that, compared with the gigantic aims of science, his own contribution, no matter how important, is only a drop in the ocean of truth.Because they must know that their contributions to the body of knowledge are just drops in an ocean.