{"podcast":{"title":"Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick","slug":"makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573","podcast_index_feed_id":6798573,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/10b86f/feeds.simplecast.com/NQa_M9Ny","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6215cda8-011d-4ccd-9fe8-c389912a62af/1ce6d8bb-26c9-43da-93be-49a0553bcd31/3000x3000/makes-20sense.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Dr. Jean Claude Doornick","episode_count":190,"summary":"Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go \"Hmm?\" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are you open, curious, and ready to solve the mysteries of why stuff happens? Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:17:36.182119+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573"},"episode":{"title":"Are We Living in a Simulation? Rizwan Virk on the Science of Reality - Episode 151","slug":"are-we-living-in-a-simulation-rizwan-virk-on-the-science-of-reality-episode-151","published_at":"2026-03-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573/are-we-living-in-a-simulation-rizwan-virk-on-the-science-of-reality-episode-151","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=174","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/10b86f/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/1e381d53-063b-4a26-a8b5-7e79e23b95b8/episodes/bca89f65-0489-4d4f-b6be-2cb44a6036bb/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=1e381d53-063b-4a26-a8b5-7e79e23b95b8&awEpisodeId=bca89f65-0489-4d4f-b6be-2cb44a6036bb&feed=NQa_M9Ny","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?","meta_description":"MIT computer scientist and The Simulation Hypothesis author Rizwan Virk joins Dr. JC Doornick to explore whether reality is a simulation, how consciousnes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4419,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573/episodes/are-we-living-in-a-simulation-rizwan-virk-on-the-science-of-reality-episode-151/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick-6798573/are-we-living-in-a-simulation-rizwan-virk-on-the-science-of-reality-episode-151.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}