A 'theory of everything ' has, until QO, been understood to be a single, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all physical aspects of the universe, including, in particular, an explanation for the four fundamental forces: the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, the electromagnetic force and gravity. QO expands this definition with a demand that a theory of everything should account for the following:
By this definition, QO is presumably the first theory of everything.
The core phenomena are the phenomena which underlie all other domains, and as such, would need to be explained, rather than axiomatically assumed, by any self-respecting theory of everything.
From a QO perspective, these core phenomena are as follows.