# Every Sentence I Utter Must Be Understood Not as an Affirmation but as a Question by Niels Bohr > "Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question." > **— Niels Bohr**, *Recollection of Bohr’s scientific style* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Recollection of Bohr’s scientific style. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Recollection of Bohr’s scientific style](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Scientific Inference|Scientific Inference]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question." — Niels Bohr, Recollection of Bohr’s scientific style https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-niels-bohr-every-sentence-utter-must-understood ```