Complementarity of Truth

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Neils Bohr was a famous Danish physicist, instrumental in the development of Quantum Theory. One day, he was giving a lecture on "Complementarity". The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is a famous example of complementarity. It states that the more you know about the momentum of an electron, the less you can know about its position, and vice-versa. In other words, two qualities have complementarity if the closer you get to knowing one, the further you are from knowing the other. Got it? Here's the point.

During this lecture, a student stood up in the back of the room and said, "Dr. Bohr. What is the complementarity for 'Truth'?"

Bohr replied, "Clarity."

The more clarity you have the farther you are from truth. If Truth were to be defined as a perceived notion, a belief, then I agree. But I thought Truth has nothing to do with perception. Searching for the definition of Truth gives you the following results on Google.

• a fact that has been verified;
• conformity to reality or actuality;
• a true statement;
• accuracy: the quality of being near to the true value;

Clarity brings knowledge. It defrosts your windshield and shows the path ahead. And truth is knowledge, a destination you want to reach. How can they be opposite? May be once you reach the destination you dont need the clarity anymore, because you are not driving anymore!? Makes sense in a very weird way. Hope I get some clarity on the issue.