thenewredStephen 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
I wish I were smart enough and/or educated enough beyond my undergrad Phsyics classes from decades ago to actually understand this. I get the big picture stuff, then as it gets into the details there’s always a point where I realize I’m decoding words, but I have no idea what the hell they’re writing about.
If he was smart and fully understood his argument, he could explain it to anyone in terms they understood.
A brief history of time didn’t come out until 1988. You implying that the ability to break it down, Barney style, is necessary to be smart?
he wrote a book called A New Kind of Science that does break the whole thing down essentially (lots of cool pictures!) but it’s pretty big and you have to know at least a little math