The Darwinian nature of Wojciech Zurek’s theory of Quantum Darwinism is evaluated
against the criteria of a Darwinian process as understood within Universal Darwinism.
The characteristics of a Darwinian process are developed including the consequences of
accumulated adaptations resulting in adaptive systems operating in accordance with
Friston’s free energy principle and employing environmental simulations. Quantum
theory, as developed in Zurek’s research program and encapsulated by his theory of
Quantum Darwinism is discussed from the view that Zurek’s derivation of the
measurement axioms implies that the evolution of a quantum system entangled with
environmental entities is determined solely by the nature of the entangled system. There
need be no further logical foundation. Quantum Darwinism is found to conform to the
Darwinian paradigm in unexpected detail and is thus may be considered a theory within
the framework of Universal Darwinism. With the inclusion of Quantum Darwinism
within Universal Darwinism and the explanatory power of Darwinian processes
extended beyond biology and the social sciences to include the creation and evolution of
scientific subject matter within particle physics, atomic physics and chemistry, it is
suggested that Universal Darwinism may be considered a candidate ‘Theory of
Everything’ as anticipated by David Deutsch.
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