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Re:Physical Intuition, Not Mathematics (2011) by gizmo686 on Saturday July 04, 2015 @08:48PM (#9832103)
The math behind quantum mechanics is intuitive if you view it as a generalization of probability theory to allow negative numbers. The counter-intuitive part is that the resulting system turns out to be a good model of the world.
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Re:Physical Intuition, Not Mathematics (2011) by medlyyy on Saturday July 04, 2015 @11:18PM (#9832384)
http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec9.html

The above is a good accessible exposition of this perspective. Though it would help to have some acquaintance with ordinary probability as well as basic linear algebra.

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