An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be a…

Niels Bohr
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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation. ✨ Niels Bohr (2011). Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature: Four Essays with an Introductory Survey, p.54, Cambridge University Press
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