"There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."
- Niels Bohr
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate."
- William of Ockham
"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
- Hamlet
"Mystery can never be defined. Yet it is always right above and behind you. TURN AROUND! QUICK!"
- Bubblefish (http://www.highintelligence.com/bubblefish.htm)
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- Niels Bohr
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate."
- William of Ockham
"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
- Hamlet
"Mystery can never be defined. Yet it is always right above and behind you. TURN AROUND! QUICK!"
- Bubblefish (http://www.highintelligence.com/bubblefish.htm)
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My anti-rat comment was not a suggestion that rats are any less likely than other biological forms. It was a personal complaint to Whoever regarding the fact that rats have, twice now, eaten holes in my camping gear (specifically my tent). That's all... nothing profound.
I've heard the quote before, but never quite understood it. Can he (or you) give an example of a great truth, and its opposite, in which both are true?