Maybe a more concise model of the universe and physics can be bred via a genetic algorithm and other AI techniques. A couple of decades ago one researcher would

Maybe a more concise model of the universe and physics can be bred via a genetic algorithm and other AI techniques. A couple of decades ago one researcher would bred algorithms written in lisp: trial and error programming. Lisp is good for that because you can slice and dice it and still get a runnable program (if the interpreter ignores/forgives missing parentheses). Start with a simulation using the best known but complex formulas. Then use the genetic algorithm (mutation and cross breeding) to find the most compact formulas/algorithms that can mirror/predict the complex one. Who knows, the whole shebang may be reducible to something as simple as E = mc^2 or Newton's F=ma.