SNERX.COM/SORTS  Last Updated 2025/3/19 • Read Time 5min • Discord
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This page contains a work-in-progress knowledge tree for use in IRL and for general info-mapping with the goal of showing every relevant idea in the development of every major field of study, utilizing lots of visual aids like histography and avogadr.io to help people learn the topics as they go through the tree. A lot more will be added to this page over time. I might eventually include personal work like our QMOC project.

MATHEMATICS

Algebra
Abstract Algebra, Boolean Algebra, Linear Algebra
Calculus / Analysis
Dynamical Systems, Infinitesimals
Geometry
Knot Theory, Graph Theory, Topology, Trigonometry
Information Theory
Computational Theory
Meta-Math
Mathematical Logic / Set Theory
Number Theory
Arithmetic, Combinatorics (Discrete Math), Order Theory
Statistics & Probability
Game Theory

SCIENCE

Biology
Bacteriology, Botany, Cell Theory, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Medicine, Mycology, Physiology, Taxonomy, Virology, Zoology (includes Ethology, Entomology, & Ornithology)
Chemistry
Atomic Theory, Biochemistry, Geology, Materials Science (includes Metallurgy), Molecular Theory, Pharmacology
Engineering
Cybernetics, Electronics, Energy Engineering, Infrastructure, Machinery, Materials Engineering, Vehicle Engineering
Physics
Applied Physics, Astrophysics (Astronomy & Cosmology), Atmospheric Science (includes Meteorology), Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Theoretical Physics

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Anthropology & Sociology

Economics

History
Archaeology
Linguistics

Political Theory

Psychology
Psychoacoustics
Religious Studies (Theology)


ART

Art History & Theory
Aesthetics, Conservation, Criticism, History
Design / Applied Arts
Fashion, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design
Digital Arts
3D Modeling & Animation, Digital Painting & Illustration
Fine Arts
Color Theory, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture (includes Statuework)
Literary Arts
Fiction, Literary Criticism (includes Comparative Literature), Nonfiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Screenwriting, Translation Studies
Performance Arts
Dance, Film & TV, Music Theory, Stage Production
Traditional Crafts
Glass-making, Jewelry, Pottery (Ceramics), Textiles

PHILOSOPHY

Ethics
Aesthetics, Axiology, Compatibilist Ethics, Contractualism, Consequentialism (includes Utilitarianism), Deontology, Legal Theory, Meta-ethics, Virtue Theory
Epistemology
Deduction (includes Rationalism), Induction (includes Empiricism), Justification (includes A Priori, Intuition, Luck, Memory), Meta-Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Skepticism, Subjectivity & Objectivity
Logic
Formal (Symbolic Logic), Informal (Abduction), Meta-Logic (includes Atomism, Realism)
Meta-Philosophy / History of Philosophy
Analytic Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, Western Philosophy
Metaphysics
Causation (Etiology), Identity (includes Mereology, Persistence, Properties, the Self), Modality, Ontology, Philosophy of Mind (Consciousness), Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Space & Time

Despite the annoying advertising, Brilliant is probably the best way to self-edify. Past that, you can get postgraduate degrees for really cheap with international online universities like TECH. If you have ideas you think are really worth applying to world, you may be able to get grants for them with things like Emergent Ventures or other niche grants.
Nuclide progression in particle physics gives lots of insights to the kinds of elements that exist in the universe.
Long Bets is the prediction site for the Long Now Foundation; it's used by many futurists and philosophers and is useful in seeing how horrible they are at predicting the future.
The Next Century of Computing by Charles Rosenbauer is interesting despite not being very accurate.
Our /engineering page discusses some solutions for long-term data storage and computing but tools like PanLex and LOCKSS are also worth exploring.