https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1303.1538/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37200584urn:hackerpapers:mention:1303.1538:37200584Sun, 20 Aug 2023 16:24:48 GMT<p>&quot;The second way to teach quantum mechanics leaves a blow-by-blow account of its discovery to the historians, and instead starts directly from the conceptual core -- namely, a certain generalization of probability theory to allow minus signs&quot; In my opinion, this is not the most natural and easiest way to get into quantum mechanics. And there are also (undergraduate) physics books that tackle the quantum mechanical concepts directly, e.g: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html especially: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_03.html (Probability Amplitudes) Negative…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1303.1538/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>quant-ph