The Simulation Hypothesis

“This book is a must read for anyone willing to consider the plausible possibility that AI generates a simulated world within the larger simulation which we call reality.” —Avi Loeb, bestselling author of Extraterrestrial and Interstellar, professor and director of Harvard’s Institute for Theory and Computation and head of the Galileo Project, Harvard University “Forget science fiction! Prepare to have your mind blown by Rizwan Virk’s The Simulation Hypothesis. From quantum mechanics to VR/AR, Virk connects the dots in a way that’s both accessible and utterly convincing. If you’ve ever wondered if we’re living in the Matrix, this is your must-read guide to the true nature of reality.”—Chen Qiufan, author of Waste Tide and co-author of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future “You take the red pill and you keep on reading and Rizwan Virk, computer scientist and author of The Simulation Hypothesis, will show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”—BBC Science Focus “I have learned that we live, teach, learn, and love in a virtual world. In this book, Riz Virk combines the mind of a scientist with the heart of a mystic, using video games to explain the virtual reality that we live in.” —Dannion Brinkley, bestselling author of Saved by the Light “A stunning reappraisal of what it means to be human in an infinite universe.” —Jacques Vallée, venture capitalist, author of Forbidden Science, former scientist for NASA and Stanford Research Institute “Rizwan Virk’s book The Simulation Hypothesis is one of the few works that could convince me that I probably live in a simulated universe.” —Diana Walsh Pasulka, professor of philosophy and religion, University of North Carolina Wilmington, author of American Cosmic: UFOS, Religion, Technology“… This idea that we’re all characters in an advanced civilization’s video game is, well, kind of awesome…”—Vox.com

Rizwan Virk is a graduate of MIT and Stanford University, a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist, and professor, and the bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis. Virk’s video games, including Tap Fish and Penny Dreadful- Demimonde, have been played by millions. He was the founder of Play Labs @ MIT, a video game accelerator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and currently teaches at Arizona State University.