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Stephen Wolfram's Fundamental Theory of Physics is based on the idea that simple rules can cause complex patterns of our universe to emerge and elegantly explains relativity and quantum mechanics (writings.stephenwolfram.com)
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Just learned about this. A long read, but really interesting.

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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Finding "compressed" physics, as you put it, is what we've been doing since the enlightmenment. Thermodynamics is a "compressed" version of quantum mechanics, for example. Finding these basic theories can only help us in understanding the universe.