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Your theory is crazy--but not crazy enough to be true.
— Niels Bohr
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A backhanded verdict on a new idea. The theory is wild, the speaker says, but wildness alone isn't enough, and this one falls short of being strange enough to be true. It's a witty way of saying a bold guess still has to be bolder.
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