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>Somebody once asked Niels Bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house.
>"Surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck?"
>"Of course not", Bohr replied, "but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not."
Does anyone know where this quote comes from? Google isn't helping, it gives me 2 or 3 different authors and no source.
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Guest asking him about that horseshoe on the door at his house "Lynghuset" in Tisvilde, that he bought for the nobel prize money.
http://www.nbi.ku.dk/hhh/bohr/bohr/nobelprisen/#sidr-main
Use google translate from danish if you can't find a translation.
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>>8748858
Thanks so much. I believe you might have ended an Internet debate that goes on for quite some years now. All sources I found are in the English language so far.
Is this source entirely reliable, though?
Would you be willing to use this on a school paper? I understand the Copenhagen University is as legit as it can possibly get so I'm inclined to fully believe this.
I will contact the Niels Bohr Institute for more info on that quote.
Much appreciated. No words, really. You have a name so I can give you credit for this discovery?
I'm gonna write about this.
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>>8749323
It's a pretty dumb quote. Why would anyone want to ride on the coattails of coattails?
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>>8749330
I don't know what you're trying to imply. Not everything in life has to be life-changing or profound. It's a funny quote to set the mood. Relax.
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>>8749351
Shit, most stuff isn't life changing or profound
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I remember reading it in one of Zizeks book. no idea on the original
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