The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Whey AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are In A Video Game
Written by Rizwan Virk
Narrated by Kory Getman
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The Simulation Hypothesis, by best-selling author, renowned MIT computer scientist and Silicon Valley video game designer Rizwan Virk, is the first serious book to explain one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time. Riz is the Executive Director of Play Labs @ MIT, a video game startup incubator at the MIT Game Lab.
Drawing from research and concepts from computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics, and referencing both speculative fiction and ancient eastern spiritual texts, Virk shows how all of these traditions come together to point to the idea that we may be inside a simulated reality like the Matrix.
The Simulation Hypothesis is the idea that our physical reality, far from being a solid physical universe, is part of an increasingly sophisticated video game-like simulation, where we all have multiple lives, consisting of pixels with its own internal clock run by some giant Artificial Intelligence. Simulation theory explains some of the biggest mysteries of quantum and relativistic physics, such as quantum indeterminacy, parallel universes, and the integral nature of the speed of light.
Recently, the idea that we may be living in a giant video game has received a lot of attention:
"The chances that we not in a simualtion is one in billions." -Elon Musk
"I find it hard to argue we are not in a simulation." -Neil deGrasse Tyson
"We are living in computer generated reality." -Philip K. Dick
Whether you are a computer scientist, a fan of science fiction like the Matrix movies, a video game enthusiast, or a spiritual seeker, The Simulation Hypothesis touches on all these areas, and you will never look at the world the same way again!
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Reviews for The Simulation Hypothesis
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great introduction to the simulation hypothesis. Maybe the matrix had more to it than we thought.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"The World is a vampire!" Enlightenment to the MAX, fellow reader ?-WSDB
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome read with only one chapter that was a little complicated and technical.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very good book, really gives you alot to think about
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Alter the simulation. I HAVE SOME INPUT...... Time my run into error