David Deutsch1 has this great view of the world where he believes that everything important is understandable by a single human. By important he means the underlying base theories that drive most of reality.2
Four Main Theories
- Quantum physics and its many-universes interpretation
- The theory of evolution (Darwin/Dawkins): evolution by natural selection
- The theory of computation (quantum computation)
- The theory of knowledge (Karl Popper), explanation and understanding
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