Is There a Primacy in Non-Fundamental Theories?

I think maybe the primacy comes because some people, not everybody, are interested in the most fundamental questions. And obviously, even if we had like string theory or the most fundamental theory, it wouldn't tell us how to raise our children and make chicken soup. It gives me a sense of science is more like, you know, a disjoint patchwork than really like a smooth idea that you're like shining a lamppost on at different scales.