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All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.

— Max Born My Life & My Views (1968)

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There are metaphysical problems, which cannot be disposed of by declaring them meaningless.

Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1949)

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1949)

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in the world.

Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1949)

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that "belief" must be discarded and replaced by "the scientific method."

Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1949)

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