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

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Podcast: [Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573)
Published: 2026-03-10T11:00:00+00:00
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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?

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