The Jordan Harbinger Show 1239: Rizwan Virk | The Real Mysteries of the Simulation Hypothesis
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Nov 13, 2025 
Join Rizwan Virk, an MIT-trained computer scientist and author of The Simulation Hypothesis, as he explores the mind-bending idea that our reality might be a computer-generated simulation. He discusses the implications of AI advancements and how they could lead us to create our own simulations within the next century. Rizwan also delves into intriguing concepts like glitches in reality, the interplay of quantum mechanics, and the moral questions surrounding life within a simulation, ultimately emphasizing the importance of how we choose to act, simulated or not.
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Two Flavors Of The Simulation Hypothesis
- The Simulation Hypothesis posits that physical reality could be a computer-generated virtual world, like a massively multiplayer game.
- It has two main flavors: player-avatar RPGs and NPC-only computational simulations where everyone is simulated.
VR Ping-Pong Sparked The Inquiry
- Rizwan tried VR ping-pong and briefly forgot he was in VR because the physics felt real, which sparked his curiosity about full simulations.
- That visceral experience led him to outline stages toward the simulation point in his book.
Bostrom's Ancestor-Simulation Probability
- Nick Bostrom argued advanced civilizations could run many ancestor simulations, vastly outnumbering base reality.
- If simulated worlds vastly outnumber the physical one, the probability we’re simulated becomes very high.
