Predition Is Risky, Especially Of The Future.

Accuracy And Clarity Of Statement Are Mutually Exclusive.

In Physics We Deal With States Of Affairs Much Simpler Than Those Of Psychology And Yet We Again And Again Learn That Our Task Is Not To Investigate The Essence Of Things-we Do Not At All Know What This Would Mean&mash;but To Develop Those Concepts That Allow Us To Speak With Each Other About The Events Of Nature In A Fruitful Manner.

Anybody Who Is Not Shocked By This Subject Has Failed To Understand It. [of Quantum Mechanics]

The Very Nature Of The Quantum Theory ... Forces Us To Regard The Space-time Coordination And The Claim Of Causality, The Union Of Which Characterizes The Classical Theories, As Complementary But Exclusive Features Of The Description, Symbolizing The Idealization Of Observation And Description, Respectively.

Our Task Is Not To Penetrate The Essence Of Things, The Meaning Of Which We Do Not Know Anyway, But Rather To Develop Concepts Which Allow Us To Talk In A Productive Way About Phenomena In Nature