The Simulation Hypothesis
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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:
"There's a one in a billion chance we are not living in a simulation" -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
Video game technology has developed from basic arcade and text adventures to MMORPGs。 Video game designer Riz Virk shows how these games may continue to evolve in the future， including virtual reality， augmented reality， Artificial Intelligence， and quantum computing。 This book shows how this evolution could lead us to the point of being able to develop all encompassing virtual worlds like the Oasis in Ready Player One， or the simulated reality in the Matrix。
While the idea sounds like science fiction， many scientists， engineers， and professors have given the Simulation Hypothesis serious consideration。 Futurist Ray Kurzweil has popularized the idea of downloading our consciousness into a silicon based device， which would mean we are just digital information after all。 Some， like Oxford lecturer Nick Bostrom， goes further and thinks we may in fact be artificially intelligent consciousness inside such a simulation already！
But the Simulation Hypothesis is not just a modern idea。 Philosophers like Plato have been telling us that we live in a "cave" and can only see shadows of the real world。 Mystics of all traditions have long contended that we are living in some kind of "illusion "and that there are other realities which we can access with our minds。 While even Judeo-Christian traditions have this idea， Eastern traditions like Buddhism and Hinduism make this idea part of their core tradition -- that we are inside a dream world （"Maya" or illusion， or Vishnu's Dream）， and we have "multiple lives" playing different characters when one dies， continuing to gain experience and "level up" after completing certain challenges。 Sounds a lot like a video game！
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！
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:
"There's a one in a billion chance we are not living in a simulation" -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
Video game technology has developed from basic arcade and text adventures to MMORPGs。 Video game designer Riz Virk shows how these games may continue to evolve in the future， including virtual reality， augmented reality， Artificial Intelligence， and quantum computing。 This book shows how this evolution could lead us to the point of being able to develop all encompassing virtual worlds like the Oasis in Ready Player One， or the simulated reality in the Matrix。
While the idea sounds like science fiction， many scientists， engineers， and professors have given the Simulation Hypothesis serious consideration。 Futurist Ray Kurzweil has popularized the idea of downloading our consciousness into a silicon based device， which would mean we are just digital information after all。 Some， like Oxford lecturer Nick Bostrom， goes further and thinks we may in fact be artificially intelligent consciousness inside such a simulation already！
But the Simulation Hypothesis is not just a modern idea。 Philosophers like Plato have been telling us that we live in a "cave" and can only see shadows of the real world。 Mystics of all traditions have long contended that we are living in some kind of "illusion "and that there are other realities which we can access with our minds。 While even Judeo-Christian traditions have this idea， Eastern traditions like Buddhism and Hinduism make this idea part of their core tradition -- that we are inside a dream world （"Maya" or illusion， or Vishnu's Dream）， and we have "multiple lives" playing different characters when one dies， continuing to gain experience and "level up" after completing certain challenges。 Sounds a lot like a video game！
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！
Reviews
Rob Dequeecker
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First part is ok， the rest not worth reading。
Sean Watson
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Some really fascinating ideas expressed and good， succinct characterizations of complex concepts。 There are some speculations I didn’t care for and quite a bit of information I’m not sure needed to be included。 Enjoyed the read！
Sharon
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（Audiobook）。 It's an entertaining hypothesis to consider that we are living in a simulation and what that entails about actual "reality"。 It does neatly reconcil the differences in religion and science if we assume that there is an advanced species programming what we perceive as reality。 I gave it three stars because the physics was sometimes difficult to follow along in audio form。 But overall good read。 （Audiobook）。 It's an entertaining hypothesis to consider that we are living in a simulation and what that entails about actual "reality"。 It does neatly reconcil the differences in religion and science if we assume that there is an advanced species programming what we perceive as reality。 I gave it three stars because the physics was sometimes difficult to follow along in audio form。 But overall good read。 。。。more
Omar Ahmad
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A Mere Glimpse Inside The Matrix:"Reality is merely an illusion， albeit a very persistent one。" （Albert Einstein）"Know all things to be like this: A mirage， a cloud castle， a dream， an apparition， without essence， but with qualities that can be seen。 Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions of horses， oxen， carts， and other things， nothing is as it appears。" （Buddha）"I died as a mineral and became a plant， I died as a plant and rose to animal， I died as animal and I was man A Mere Glimpse Inside The Matrix:"Reality is merely an illusion， albeit a very persistent one。" （Albert Einstein）"Know all things to be like this: A mirage， a cloud castle， a dream， an apparition， without essence， but with qualities that can be seen。 Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions of horses， oxen， carts， and other things， nothing is as it appears。" （Buddha）"I died as a mineral and became a plant， I died as a plant and rose to animal， I died as animal and I was man。 Why should I fear？ When was I less by dying？" （Rumi）"Forty years ago， we had Pong—two rectangles and a dot。 That’s where we were。 Now 40 years later， we have photorealistic， 3D simulations with millions of people playing simultaneously and it’s getting better every year。 And soon we’ll have virtual reality， we’ll have augmented reality。 If you assume any rate of improvement at all， then the games will become indistinguishable from reality。" （Elon Musk， Code Conference， 2016） "The layman always means， when he says ‘reality’ that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the most important and exceedingly difficult task of our time is to work on the construction of a new idea of reality。" （Wolfgang Pauli， Theoretical physicist）No this isn't a work of fiction。 Yes our Universe is a kind of simulation like any other video game and Rizwan Virk shows us a mere glimpse inside the Matrix with a wide plethora of hair-raising themes comprising the history of computing and the development of video games to VR， 3D Printing， AI and Ray Kurzweil's final 'Singularity' （to name a few）。 Even though the book is studded with references to scientific terms like Downloadable Consciousness and Quantum Indeterminacy， it does not shy away from delving into mysticism and organised religions which seem to corroborate the results from Quantum Physics。 As a matter of fact， Para-psychological subjects like OBEs / NDEs and UFOs; Carl Gustav Jung's Synchronicity; Remote Viewing， Telepathy and other 'unexplained phenomena' are treated as appendages to this MIT Physicist's overall hypothesis， making him follow in the footsteps of the great polymaths of bygone times as he excludes no domain （even if traditionally considered 'unscientific'） from his inquiry。 According to the great Physicist， Werner Heisenberg: "It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet。 These lines may have their root in quite different parts of human culture， in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions; hence， if they actually meet then one may hope that new and interesting developments will follow。'' Judging from these words， this unconventional book is the most important work of its kind due to it's encyclopedic attempt to providing real answers to real questions and an introduction to a debate that is now overdue。 The value of the Simulation Hypothesis will be realized in the far future if not the immediate present as reality is one weird place to be in， especially for denizens of a simulation i。e。 a mere shadow or illusion of reality like us humans。 Our very concepts， thought structures， values and lives must undergo a profound change if we are to transcend the illusion and embrace the real。 The great philosopher， Immanuel Kant's 'Ding An Sich' （German for 'a thing as it is in itself'） comes to mind。 。。。more
Vitor Hugo Menino
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If you're into the Simulation Argument （like I am）， this book is satisfactory but not amazing。 I was hoping that the author would go into the scientific/probabilistic soft-evidence of the simulation hypothesis。 However， it chose to dive deeply in speculation topics and only touched the surface of maths， the probabilities and the Simulation Argument of Nick Bostrom。For anyone interested in knowing more about the simulation hypothesis， I recommend first that you read the paper "Are you living in a If you're into the Simulation Argument （like I am）， this book is satisfactory but not amazing。 I was hoping that the author would go into the scientific/probabilistic soft-evidence of the simulation hypothesis。 However， it chose to dive deeply in speculation topics and only touched the surface of maths， the probabilities and the Simulation Argument of Nick Bostrom。For anyone interested in knowing more about the simulation hypothesis， I recommend first that you read the paper "Are you living in a computer simulation？" by Nick Bostrom and only then read this book。 I'm afraid that the abundance of speculation might make the reader doubt other more science-based affirmations。Other than that， it's a good introduction to the simulation hypothesis （after reading the Nick Bostrom paper， of course）。 。。。more
Someone That Reads
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Great ideas， from a variety of sources who speculate on this but poorly delivered。For instance， should understand his target audience， and the fact that we're in the 21st century， that there is no need to devote multiple chapters to the history of video games， without even incorporating the simulation hypothesis。 If he chose to do that， but actually did it fluidly， while drawing the connections to the theory the whole time， the book may be shorter but it would flow well。 It wasn't until about ha Great ideas， from a variety of sources who speculate on this but poorly delivered。For instance， should understand his target audience， and the fact that we're in the 21st century， that there is no need to devote multiple chapters to the history of video games， without even incorporating the simulation hypothesis。 If he chose to do that， but actually did it fluidly， while drawing the connections to the theory the whole time， the book may be shorter but it would flow well。 It wasn't until about halfway in that we got to the meat of it， and I found far more enjoyment。 。。。more
Franz Funk
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I had high hopes for this book。 I've been deeply interested in the theory that the universe we live in is a simulation for many years。 With Hawking and Musk having shown some level of agreement with the theory， I felt like I could really learn something from the author on this topic。 Well， I read the first 111 pages and I can that I have yet to learn literally anything new on the topic。 Maybe it's because I'm an 80s kid and lived thru the evolution of computer gaming， maturting of software and d I had high hopes for this book。 I've been deeply interested in the theory that the universe we live in is a simulation for many years。 With Hawking and Musk having shown some level of agreement with the theory， I felt like I could really learn something from the author on this topic。 Well， I read the first 111 pages and I can that I have yet to learn literally anything new on the topic。 Maybe it's because I'm an 80s kid and lived thru the evolution of computer gaming， maturting of software and development of new and better user interfaces。 Maybe it's because I'm a hack programmer and just have an better understanding of how game code works。 It doesn't matter。 I got this as Christmas gift from my wife; I'll let her know that it needs to be returned。 。。。more
Marick
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Gee。。。
Ahmadi Sina
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Signyaucafe☕️
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Interesting idea， terrible execution。
Adrian Kidd
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2。5 Stars。 Rizwan explores the hypothesis we are living in a simulated reality although unlike Nick Bostrom settles on the idea we are conscious entities in a simulation similar to a video game as opposed to simulated AIs。 The first couple of chapters are a fun recap of the history of video game development and an outline of the technology required for a civilisation to reach the simulation point。 Next Rizwan takes us on a tour of some of the stranger features of quantum mechanics and then tries 2。5 Stars。 Rizwan explores the hypothesis we are living in a simulated reality although unlike Nick Bostrom settles on the idea we are conscious entities in a simulation similar to a video game as opposed to simulated AIs。 The first couple of chapters are a fun recap of the history of video game development and an outline of the technology required for a civilisation to reach the simulation point。 Next Rizwan takes us on a tour of some of the stranger features of quantum mechanics and then tries to mount the argument that these are indications of a simulation。 While not particularly convincing connecting quantum indeterminacy with conditional graphics rendering and quantised space and time with pixel size and CPU clock speed was at least novel and thought provoking。 Final chapters explore eastern religious traditions and phenomena like UFOs， angels， NDE’s etc as further evidence of a simulated reality which is where the wheels truly begin to fall off and the book crosses the rubicon of new age clap trap。 The linking of Karma to a quest list in a video game was just a bridge too far。 Perhaps the greatest short coming overall was the lack of plausible suggestions for why a simulated reality would exist at all given the massive amount of resources that would be required to generate such a simulation。 。。。more
patigerjet
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 L）zzzzzzz。。。。。don't even bother with this shiller。。。neeexxt pleeeasssse。。。。were dA the zero star button @ 。。 jebbus bruh。。your kindergarten teacher must be pround 4 ya thou， do u got that goin 4 ya？？ 。。 huuuh？。' Cheer up though， u did your best shotps riz， u do know phillip k was on drugs an screwed in the head。 JEBUUUS。。。m。i。t。 needs 2 check ther admin policies。。shit dude。。。nuff said。。sorry。。go back to programming kiddy games and stick with what u r best at。。。。。ffiinnn guy， now I goddammit fix L）zzzzzzz。。。。。don't even bother with this shiller。。。neeexxt pleeeasssse。。。。were dA the zero star button @ 。。 jebbus bruh。。your kindergarten teacher must be pround 4 ya thou， do u got that goin 4 ya？？ 。。 huuuh？。' Cheer up though， u did your best shotps riz， u do know phillip k was on drugs an screwed in the head。 JEBUUUS。。。m。i。t。 needs 2 check ther admin policies。。shit dude。。。nuff said。。sorry。。go back to programming kiddy games and stick with what u r best at。。。。。ffiinnn guy， now I goddammit fix this shit myself along with the naazzii shiitheads I'm surrounded by。。 So super that you 4 thaaat。。。jebuuus agaain。。。pss readers。 i have only skimmed the preview in all fariness to the authur。 As I am only a member of the NYC Libary system here in Brooklyn， i have privaledges for a hardcopy @ NYnRochester Public。。but so until I get up to Rochester over 200 miles away， or my system local here offers it by digital， i most confess to a very shortnreader & hater bias， and thus knowingly accept possibly negative reaction from the author of my review。 One of these days I will get up to the Roche， been about 3-4 years since i was there in simi-metaphysical form。 I remember the trip vividly on the bus ride over from Albany to Utiica via the long route， good times！！！ well done wizzies 。。。more
Derrick Stormblessed
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What I'll say is this book definitely changed my world view a bit。 I'm now taking the simulation argument much more seriously than before though I'm not at a point where I can say we are living in one。 Through the reading， I found most chapters very convincing and some to be lazy or weak argumentatively。 The chapters covering the road to the simulation and the ones dealing with quantum physics and Eastern mysticism worked well within the book。 Especially the quantum indeterminacy。 Quantum entang What I'll say is this book definitely changed my world view a bit。 I'm now taking the simulation argument much more seriously than before though I'm not at a point where I can say we are living in one。 Through the reading， I found most chapters very convincing and some to be lazy or weak argumentatively。 The chapters covering the road to the simulation and the ones dealing with quantum physics and Eastern mysticism worked well within the book。 Especially the quantum indeterminacy。 Quantum entanglement could be easily explained if we are living in a simulation。 The laws of nature could be explained away if we were in a simulation with a physics engine running the physical world。 Conditional rendering could explain the collapse of the quantum wave function when we observe a quantum event。 All this could be evidence but only in a theoretical way。 The fact is there's no way we can know we are in a simulation even with all the arguments he proposes。 Still， the author argues sufficiently well enough that he makes me take the simulation argument more seriously than before so I'll say thanks to him for changing my mind a little。 Great read for anyone looking for a simple non complex way of approaching the simulation argument。 。。。more
Matt Hutson
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I loved the mentions of my favorite stories and movies like Star Trek， and The Adjustment Bureau， The Matrix and more。 The author also uses games and religion as comparison to living in a simulated world。The main question is: Are we all living in a simulated world， universe， life？ This book is quite heavy， and not that I didn't really like it， even though I gave it only 2。5 stars， I just felt like it was very repetitive so much so that I asked myself， didn't I already read something like this in I loved the mentions of my favorite stories and movies like Star Trek， and The Adjustment Bureau， The Matrix and more。 The author also uses games and religion as comparison to living in a simulated world。The main question is: Are we all living in a simulated world， universe， life？ This book is quite heavy， and not that I didn't really like it， even though I gave it only 2。5 stars， I just felt like it was very repetitive so much so that I asked myself， didn't I already read something like this in the previous chapter？Nonetheless， the book does explain with scientific answers with sites and sources abound。 Riz brings up very good questions and makes you think， are we in a simulated life？ Even if you don't think we are， and you like the concept of this book， you love science， and history， you might like this book more than I did。On the last note， I am reading one of the author's other books called Startup Myths and Models and thoroughly getting a lot of practical advice about starting a strong business and keeping it alive。 The writing in his newest book seems much better and more concise than this one。 So may have just been the topic， even though he is clearly interested in the simulation hypothesis it seems like it was not his forte of writing。 。。。more
Mer
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I will care about simulated world if PDF won't exhaust my eyes with dreadful white light。 Until then， my money goes to books with nice scent。 I will care about simulated world if PDF won't exhaust my eyes with dreadful white light。 Until then， my money goes to books with nice scent。 。。。more
Ron Peters
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Are we living in a computer simulation and are we， perhaps， not even “real people”？ The topic is interesting enough that I sure hope there are better writings out there for the educated layperson， one which gives solid arguments for and against the simulation hypothesis。 The author worked in the computer game industry， and a quarter of the book is spent giving a history of gaming that could easily have been condensed to ten pages if he had focused only on that which is pertinent to his subject。 Are we living in a computer simulation and are we， perhaps， not even “real people”？ The topic is interesting enough that I sure hope there are better writings out there for the educated layperson， one which gives solid arguments for and against the simulation hypothesis。 The author worked in the computer game industry， and a quarter of the book is spent giving a history of gaming that could easily have been condensed to ten pages if he had focused only on that which is pertinent to his subject。 Many of the ideas involved are outré （UFOs anyone？ Synchronicity？） and sometimes sort of cool， e。g。， the analogy he draws between waveform collapse in particle physics and conditional rendering in video games。 But most of the book is made up of analogies stretched to the breaking point， and terrible logic when it comes to deciding what constitutes “proof” of the simulation hypothesis。 He has， at best， an amateur’s acquaintance with quantum mechanics and theology， two areas he expounds on at great length， offering mainly Wikipedia articles as references。 If anyone knows of a better book on the topic， please let me know。 。。。more
Brandon
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An interesting idea explored in great detail。 However， the book felt repetitive in its content; I feel like it could have easily been half the length and packed a greater punch。
Tomislav Gluhak
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Really didn't have any expectations for this book。Borrowed it from a friend who thought I might like it。Fast forward one year and I finally read it。It turned out to be an interesting read with many different points of explaining the hypothesis。If you are a gamer it will definitely appeal to you。 Really didn't have any expectations for this book。Borrowed it from a friend who thought I might like it。Fast forward one year and I finally read it。It turned out to be an interesting read with many different points of explaining the hypothesis。If you are a gamer it will definitely appeal to you。 。。。more
Bohdan Smith
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This book was terrible。 While the author claims to be writing from a position of knowledge within the video game industry， it turns out he has mainly been involved in the creation of mobile apps。 While they are certainly video games， they do not come anywhere close to the type of simulation that he argues the universe may be。 I say “may” be because the entire book is full of loose metaphors and leaps of logic which do not come close to a rigorous argument in favour of his main premise。 The book This book was terrible。 While the author claims to be writing from a position of knowledge within the video game industry， it turns out he has mainly been involved in the creation of mobile apps。 While they are certainly video games， they do not come anywhere close to the type of simulation that he argues the universe may be。 I say “may” be because the entire book is full of loose metaphors and leaps of logic which do not come close to a rigorous argument in favour of his main premise。 The book also gets several basic facts about video games from history wrong。 And poorly “simplifies” several aspects of physics and other sciences to make his arguments seem more believable。 Instead of comparing the actual complex concepts， he simplifies each of them and then argues that his subjective simplifications show similarity。 In addition to the content of the book， I also take issue with the writing style。 It was like an extremely long freshman essay， filled with padding to meet some prescribed word/page count。 It seemed like every page contained a passage like “in the next section we will。。。” or “in the last chapter。。。” Not only that， there was an incredible amount of repetition of ideas and concepts。 I would give this book 0 stars if I could。 。。。more
Kelly
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Interesting read。 The book walks through supporting evidence that we are actually living inside a computer simulation。 It is helpful to have some science background， computer science background， and both Eastern and Western Philosophy to understand the argument。 While I can't say I agree with the conclusions， it was well written and thought provoking。 Interesting read。 The book walks through supporting evidence that we are actually living inside a computer simulation。 It is helpful to have some science background， computer science background， and both Eastern and Western Philosophy to understand the argument。 While I can't say I agree with the conclusions， it was well written and thought provoking。 。。。more
J
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Excellent book。 The writing isn't top notch， but the ideas are clear and well explained。 It echoes a lot of what I've been thinking about simulation theory and the nature of reality in a way that I've not seen written down before。 Worth reading if you are interested in the subject。 Excellent book。 The writing isn't top notch， but the ideas are clear and well explained。 It echoes a lot of what I've been thinking about simulation theory and the nature of reality in a way that I've not seen written down before。 Worth reading if you are interested in the subject。 。。。more
Malum
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Started out strong but ended up having the same problem as Talbot's The Holographic Universe in that it started referencing debunked woo peddlers to try and prove its point。 It also started losing me when it started talking about UFOs。 The hypothesis is fascinating， however， and anyone interested in the subject could probably find worse books to read about it。On a side note: I listened to the audiobook version and it was pretty bad。 The narrator would often mispronounce pretty basic words and th Started out strong but ended up having the same problem as Talbot's The Holographic Universe in that it started referencing debunked woo peddlers to try and prove its point。 It also started losing me when it started talking about UFOs。 The hypothesis is fascinating， however， and anyone interested in the subject could probably find worse books to read about it。On a side note: I listened to the audiobook version and it was pretty bad。 The narrator would often mispronounce pretty basic words and there seemed to be a lot of background noise （like page shuffling and， once or twice， I could have sworn I heard what sounded like pots and pans banging。 Was he making lunch？）。 。。。more
Dmitri Savustjan
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Are we stroring in a Cloud？Definitely interesting reading， as it brings attention to fundamental questions。 Part III has references to religious aspects that to author believes support his point of view。 My main point against author theory is that as a one famous scientist said “Extraordinary claim require extraordinary proofs” which you will not find in this book。 Also， it mixes together computational hypothesis， which actually is very appealing， with simulation one， that only brings new questi Are we stroring in a Cloud？Definitely interesting reading， as it brings attention to fundamental questions。 Part III has references to religious aspects that to author believes support his point of view。 My main point against author theory is that as a one famous scientist said “Extraordinary claim require extraordinary proofs” which you will not find in this book。 Also， it mixes together computational hypothesis， which actually is very appealing， with simulation one， that only brings new questions like。 Who runs it？ Where is it running？ Where is this Cloud etc。 But despite all above I still enjoyed book and quite interesting ideas and summaries 。。。more
Nirali
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This took a while but it has been a fascinating read as he diligently brought together computer science， physics， gaming， religion and spirituality to explore the simulation hypothesis。 Definitely a lot to learn！
Tony
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I found this simplistic and repetitive。The entire first half of the book is a history of video games。 Poorly written， like a student padding an assignment。 The author continually takes time to tell you what he will be arguing， or what he has already argued in previous chapters。 This is half the book！The idea that quantum entanglement can be explained by an external program triggering connected pixels is the only interesting point， and it is not explored much。The rest of his arguments are chicken I found this simplistic and repetitive。The entire first half of the book is a history of video games。 Poorly written， like a student padding an assignment。 The author continually takes time to tell you what he will be arguing， or what he has already argued in previous chapters。 This is half the book！The idea that quantum entanglement can be explained by an external program triggering connected pixels is the only interesting point， and it is not explored much。The rest of his arguments are chicken/egg。Ugh。 。。。more
Ian Schultz
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This book is written by a video game designer， and the correlation between gaming and the simulation hypothesis is made quite often， so， thus the writing can be a bit repetitive。 But other than that it's a fascinating read。 This book is written by a video game designer， and the correlation between gaming and the simulation hypothesis is made quite often， so， thus the writing can be a bit repetitive。 But other than that it's a fascinating read。 。。。more
Kunal Jadhav
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The book， as mentioned on the cover page， deals with the argument that we are living in a simulation/ video game。 The ideas put forth by the author are pretty interesting。 Being from an Engineering background， I could understand most of the examples/experiments cited by him。 As science primarily deals with finding the best model， it is indeed fascinating that the arguments provided by him indeed fits and explains the unexplainable questions of the quantum world and fits in the bucket of theory o The book， as mentioned on the cover page， deals with the argument that we are living in a simulation/ video game。 The ideas put forth by the author are pretty interesting。 Being from an Engineering background， I could understand most of the examples/experiments cited by him。 As science primarily deals with finding the best model， it is indeed fascinating that the arguments provided by him indeed fits and explains the unexplainable questions of the quantum world and fits in the bucket of theory of everything。 In any case， proving this will be very challenging。 However， it is a good read for people to think from a different point of view altogether。 。。。more
Ding
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Black holes are considered to be the hellmouths of the universe。 Those who fall inside will disappear forever。 But where to ？ What lies behind a black hole ？ Space and Time also vanish there， too ？ Or would space and time be tied together and be part of an endless cycle ？ What if everything that came from the Past were influenced by the Future ？We believe that time is linear。 That time proceeds， eternally and uniformly， into infinity。 However， the distinction between Past， Present and Future is Black holes are considered to be the hellmouths of the universe。 Those who fall inside will disappear forever。 But where to ？ What lies behind a black hole ？ Space and Time also vanish there， too ？ Or would space and time be tied together and be part of an endless cycle ？ What if everything that came from the Past were influenced by the Future ？We believe that time is linear。 That time proceeds， eternally and uniformly， into infinity。 However， the distinction between Past， Present and Future is purely an illusion。 Yesterday， Today and Tomorrow are not consecutive。 They are all connected in a never-ending circle; and that everything is connected， said Buddha。 That being said， If I now change my past， I will change who I am right now。 Similarly， whatever happened here hadn't happened yet ！！！ 。。。more
Sero
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this was fun！ expected it to go deeper tbh。 still had good time
Susan Tees
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