> a bunch of hierarchical probabilistic calculations that are pipelined That's one way of describing quantum theory; generally "contextual" or "non-commuting"

> a bunch of hierarchical probabilistic calculations that are pipelined That's one way of describing quantum theory; generally "contextual" or "non-commuting" are used instead of "hierarchical". If the universality of such a common framework doesn't seem profound to you, at least realise it isn't something generally appreciated and barely even hinted at just a few decades ago.