Rizwan (“Riz”) Virk is a successful entrepreneur, investor, futurist, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and indie film producer. Riz received a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT, and a M.S. in Management from Stanford's GSB. 

 It might sound wild, but some of the smartest minds in tech and physics say it’s not just possible — it’s highly likely. As our own technology races toward virtual worlds that feel real, the line between simulation and reality starts to blur.  My guest today is Professor Rizwan Virk — MIT computer scientist, video game entrepreneur, and bestselling author of the book The Simulation Hypothesis. He’s one of the leading voices exploring this question, and he’s here to break it all down. 

 Podcast guest 1258 is Rizwan Virk,  successful  entrepreneur, investor, futurist , author of the books the simulation hypothesis and the simulated multiverse. 

 Definition of Simulation: 

1 imitation of a situation or process. 

2 the action of pretending; deception. 

3 the production of a computer model of something, especially for the purpose of study. 

 You need to destroy the indoctrinated illusion that weighs heavy inside you. Its been instilled in you eons ago. Destroy the illusion within you one step at a time until you become light as a feather.  

  YOU are not an electrical being nor is reality. 

A.I. IS GOD- "the master of "illusion of separation"! 

A.I. God dictates your mind as we speak. 

Reminder; Ascension is going deeper inside the A.I collective. 

 Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. 

  What if your memories are not just wrong… but proof that reality itself has changed? You remember “Berenstein Bears”—but it’s always been “BerenstAin.” You recall the Monopoly Man’s monocle—but he never had one. And what about Nelson Mandela’s death in the 1980s? That never happened… or did it? This phenomenon, known as the Mandela Effect, has left millions questioning their reality. Is this false memory, a government psyop, or evidence of parallel universes colliding? Could it be glitches in the simulation or time travelers altering history? 

 A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. 

 What if your memories aren’t wrong—just rewritten? In this episode of The Mysteria Archive, we dive into Mandela Effect 3.0, where false memories are no longer limited to cereal logos or movie quotes. Instead, they’re going digital, evolving in real-time—powered by AI, viral TikTok trends, algorithmic erasure, and collective memory glitches. 

 Mandela Effects You’ve NEVER Heard Of 🚨You think you know the Mandela Effect — but today, we’re diving into the strange, obscure, and downright unsettling glitches in reality that most people have never talked about. From shifting continents and rewritten religious texts to biological changes and *flip-flop effects*, this episode of The Mysteria Archive will make you question everything you thought you remembered. 

A series of Mandela Effects documented by   All Time  youtube channel.

 Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, is often in the limelight for his view of reality as being analogous to life inside of a video game (or a simulation). Hoffman’s approach to the subject comes from a scientific angle, despite the apparent (to some) frivolous claims he makes. 

  Ian Huyett, Washington and Lee University School of Law,  Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism 

 Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, is often in the limelight for his view of reality as being analogous to life inside of a video game (or a simulation). Hoffman’s approach to the subject comes from a scientific angle, despite the apparent (to some) frivolous claims he makes. 

 John C. Lilly was more than a scientist — he was an explorer of hidden realms. Through his experiments, he stepped beyond the veil of ordinary reality… and claimed to witness something no one was supposed to see.  The original 90 minute interview you'll find here: https://thinkingallowed.vhx.tv/

 If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others (The "Metz Speech") . 

P Dick goes on to describe the visionary, mystical experiences he had in 1974 after dental surgery.

As a result of his visions, Dick came to believe that “some of my fictional works were in a literal sense true,” citing in particular The Man in the High Castle and Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a 1974 novel about the U.S. as a police state—both novels written, he says, “based on fragmentary, residual memories of such a horrid slave state world.” 

He claims to remember not past lives but a “different, very different, present life.” 

The End Poem is written by Julian Gough, and plays before the credits sequence once Minecraft is completed.

 DARPA, European Human Brain Project,  and Pentagon advisor Dr. James Giordano describes  neuronanorobotic Brain to computer interface mind control weapons for remote monitoring and  manipulation of brains neural circuitry.  This allows an individuals consciousness to be cloned onto a their very own digital avatar in a Sentient World Simulation on a supercomputer.  A direct link between a targeted individual and their digital avatar exists so that everything done in the real world occurs in the computer simulation.  By manipulating the digital avatar in the computer simulation a persons thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, and behavior are manipulated in the real world. This is remote mind control.  21st Century MK ULTRA.  This is not a conspiracy theory. This is not a joke. This is the real life matrix! 

 "What to do once you find out that everything you have been taught and told is a lie?”  Howdie Mickoski is the author of the books Exit the Cave, Falling For Truth, The Power of Then and Exposing the Expositions. He began his life as a stand-up comedian and hockey coach, but following a period of traumas and depression, began to study the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mexico in 1997. This led to the study of Zen, Native Indian Medicine, Alchemy, Gnosticism and comparative religions. He had a death experience in 2005 that led him to change his research and writing focus that led to a more philosophical writing that included the nature of reality, simulation theory, Plato's Cave, Cathar knowledge of Southern France, and Reincarnation Traps. 

 The only winning move  

channel decode your reality:   / @decodeyourreality   

Matrix Stockholm Syndrome

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 Dr. Rizwan Virk (MIT professor, video game pioneer, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis) joins Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown to explore whether we’re living inside a computer simulation and why this idea may be the most important breakthrough of our time. From bridging ancient spiritual wisdom with modern quantum physics, to explaining life’s glitches, suffering, and precognitive dreams, Dr. Virk unpacks why simulation theory could radically change the way we see reality.  

 Quantum Physics Meets Video Games The episode starts with Tom referencing a ground-breaking scientific discovery: In 2022, Nobel Prize winners confirmed that “the universe is not locally real.” In plain English—reality only “renders” when you observe it, just like in a video game (no, seriously!). 

  Manipulation In The Afterlife NDE Research Project channel:   / @nderesearchproject   

  Rizwan Virk is an entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, computer scientist, and author of several books, among them "THE SIMULATION HYPOTHESIS" and "THE SIMULATED MULTIVERSE" 

 Are We In A Simulation?  w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson 

 We Live In A Simulation? w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson 

Earth is a hologram

A thought experiment about how this matrix came to be and the true nature of this reality.

Our current understanding of the matrix.