The Basement: Rizwan Virk | Reality Is a Video Game. Here's the Evidence

Rizwan Virk built games downloaded millions of times, invested early in Discord, and taught at MIT. Then he put on a VR headset in Sausalito and nearly fell over reaching for a table that didn't exist. That five-second moment sent him down a rabbit hole connecting quantum physics, Eastern mysticism, and video game design — and he's not sure he's found the bottom yet. #SimulationTheory #QuantumPhysics #AJGentile #rizwanvirk 00:02:53 Introduction & Early Computing 00:19:18 Mobile Gaming & the App Store 00:21:41 Tap Fish & the Daily Show 00:31:36 The VR Experience That Started Everything 00:41:47 Living a Double Life: Meditation & Monroe Institute 00:59:10 Simulation Theory Origins 01:29:43 Quantum Physics & How Simulations Work 01:58:29 Philip K. Dick & the Mandela Effect 02:14:05 The Delayed Choice Experiment & Multiple Pasts 02:43:21 NPC vs. RPG, UFOs & Closing Thoughts 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 Executive Producers: Jennifer Gentile Gino Gentile AJ Gentile Patreon Members Editors: Joe Stone Drew Sullivan Brandon Snyder Ryan Fitzgerald Producers: Victoria Young Haley Burke Research: Haley Burke AJ Gentile Gino Gentile Jen Gentile Victoria Young Written/Hosted by: AJ Gentile Hecklefish J. Moriarty Thank You Mods: The Hybrid Paul Rohrbaugh Mischief SnowCrash BeezySmeezy TrashPanda MaryJaneMcweed AC Sanzel Abbaton SpookyMadison Original Jim With Music on Repeat by Victor Lundberg The Why Files lyrics by Straightjacket Spaceman 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 RIZ LINKS Website: https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/ YouTube:‪@rizwanvirksimulation‬ X: @rizstanford Instagram: @rizcambridge Tiktok: @rizcambridge 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🎧 The Why Files: OPERATION PODCAST 🎧 🎧 https://thewhyfiles.com/podcast 🎧 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🙏 SUPPORT THE WHY FILES (Fun, Free Perks!) 🙏 Patreon:   / thewhyfiles   🙏 YT Members:    / @thewhyfiles   👽 BUY WHY FILES MERCH 👽 👽 https://shop.thewhyfiles.com (Code: LIZZIDPEEPLE for 10% off first order) 👽 💬 CHAT WITH US ON DISCORD 💬 💬 https://thewhyfiles.com/discord 💬 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌐 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://thewhyfiles.com 📸 BE A WHY FILES MODEL (and get free stuff!) 📸 Send a photo of you/family/friends watching TWF, 📸 wearing TWF gear, using TWF merchandise: 📸 https://thewhyfiles.com/wild 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ▪TWF ON THE WEBS ▪  / thewhyfiles   ▪  / omgthewhyfiles   ▪  / omgthewhyfiles   ▪https://www.rumble.com/thewhyfiles ▪https://thewhyfiles.locals.com ▪  / thewhyfiles   ▪  / omgthewhyfiles   〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🐠 BETTER CHANNELS TO WATCH: 🐠    / hecklefishmoriarty   🤓    / thewhyfilesbackstage   🎧    / thewhyfilespodcast