https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2002.03233/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39627910urn:hackerpapers:mention:2002.03233:39627910Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:48:52 GMT<p>I think this is a very common view, and a somewhat mistaken one. Quantum mechanics is used in very different ways by people in quantum information, condensed matter, many body physics, quantum field theory, nuclear physics and may other (sub)fields. Of course it will be difficult for a quantum information theorist if they try to apply what they know directly to a hydrogen atom, but (speaking from experience) it will also be quite difficult for someone trained in what you call Hermitian quantum mechanics to directly apply what they know to quantum field theory, or quantum information or any…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2002.03233/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>quant-ph