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"One of the best-kept secrets of science is that physicists have lost their grip on reality."
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Nick Herbert (physicist)The pragmatist regards any theory as a mere mathematical machine for g — Nick Herbert (physicist)
"The pragmatist regards any theory as a mere mathematical machine for generating numbers which he then compares with experiment. A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality. The pragmatist refuses on principle to speculate about deep reality, such a concept being meaningless from his point of view. Pragmatism is an intelectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy."
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Nick Herbert (physicist)
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Nick Herbert is an American physicist and author, best known for his book Quantum Reality.
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"Physicists, for all their odd notions, are basically a conservative lot."
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"The quantum world is not made up of objects."
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"Strictly speaking, there are no "measurements" in the world, only correlations."
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"If a friend in Texas seals a silver coin in one envelope and a gold coin in another and mails the envelopes to Tokyo and London, the instant you open you envelope in Japan you know the contents of my envelope in England. But opening your letter causes no physical change in England (faster-than-light or otherwise) but merely involves a change in your knowledge concerning something happening far away and outside your control."
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"The quantum world is objective but objectless."
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