Anton Zeilinger, quoted in Dennis Overbye, "Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory", The New York Times (Dec. 27, 2005)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer as interpreted by Cillian Murphy and Leslie Groves as interpreted by Matt Damon in Oppenheimer, (2023); based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
• J. Robert Oppenheimer as interpreted by Cillian Murphy and Leslie Groves as interpreted by Matt Damon in Oppenheimer, (2023); based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
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The world is not as real as we think.… My personal opinion is that the world is even weirder than what quantum physics tells us.
— Anton Zeilinger on Quantum mechanics
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The world is not as real as we think.… My personal opinion is that the world is even weirder than what quantum physics tells us." in the context of "Anton Zeilinger, quoted in Dennis Overbye, "Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory", The New York Times (Dec. 27, 2005)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer as interpreted by Cillian Murphy and Leslie Groves as interpreted by Matt Damon in Oppenheimer, (2023); based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; written and directed by Christopher Nolan." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Quantum mechanics" (Dialogue: J. Robert Oppenheimer: In a straight race, the Germans win. We've got one hope.
Leslie Groves: Which is?
J. Robert Oppenheimer: Antisemitism.
Leslie Groves: What?
J. Robert Oppenheimer: Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science", said it right to Einstein's face. Our one hope is that Hitler is so, so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources, because it'll take vast resources. Our nation's best scientists working together. Right now they're scattered.)
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About Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger (born 20 May 1945) is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna and director of the Vienna branch of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Zeilinger works in the new field of quantum information and is renowned for his realization of quantum teleportation with photons.
About Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger (born 20 May 1945) is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna and director of the Vienna branch of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Zeilinger works in the new field of quantum information and is renowned for his realization of quantum teleportation with photons.
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