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Are We Living in a Simulation? Rizwan Virk on the Science of Reality - Episode 151

Podcast: Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 4419
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Summary

MIT computer scientist and The Simulation Hypothesis author Rizwan Virk joins Dr. JC Doornick to explore whether reality is a simulation, how consciousness may function as a user interface, and what the rise of AI means for the future of awareness. If this is a simulated world, the real question becomes: are we Players inside the game—or expressions of the system itself?