The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect
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- Create Date：2021-10-16 09:21:05
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Rizwan Virk
- ISBN：1954872003
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Reviews
Cindee Ketches
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Rizwan Virk tackles some complex， multifaceted ideas and explains them very well; （no simple task）。 This book is by no means an easy read; but it is a rewarding one。 I feel that my mind has been opened up to things that I had only skimmed before。 The writing has very good flow。 A good 4。5/5 stars for the technical readers among us。 My one complaint: there were more references to the author’s previous book （the Simulation Hypothesis） than were necessary。 It came across as giving it too much of a Rizwan Virk tackles some complex， multifaceted ideas and explains them very well; （no simple task）。 This book is by no means an easy read; but it is a rewarding one。 I feel that my mind has been opened up to things that I had only skimmed before。 The writing has very good flow。 A good 4。5/5 stars for the technical readers among us。 My one complaint: there were more references to the author’s previous book （the Simulation Hypothesis） than were necessary。 It came across as giving it too much of a plug。The book explores scientific areas such as physics， computer science， quantum physics， and quantum computing; with science fiction as inspiration to investigate the idea of the simulated multiverse。 There is the “idea that we live in a virtual garden of forking paths”; （a quote from Jorge Luis Borges）。Starting with the works of Philip K Dick， there are many movie， story， and TV series references used to help explain different people’s thoughts and approaches on the subject; and just how much these ideas have permeated present day culture。 Explanations are very well done。 A favourite quote of mine explaining quantum computing: “a qubit is a classical bit that has， for lack of a better analogy， gotten drunk and can’t decide whether its value should be 0 or 1”。 Scientific reading rarely makes one laugh out loud， but the author managed this in a few places while still taking the topic very seriously。 。。。more
Dennis Gilmour
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