Rizwan Virk - The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

Praise for

The Simulated Multiverse and The Simulation Hypothesis

How am I unreal? In The Simulated Multiverse, Riz Virk counts the ways. So many ways we might all live in one (or more) simulated worlds. Palpable 'reality' may be as delusional as our old notion that the heavens revolved around Earth. And just like Galileo did then, Virk may help open our eyes to a greater (if humbling) cosmology.

David Brin, author of EXISTENCE, The Postman and EARTH.

A few cutting-edge thinkers have posited that this world in which we live is a simulation. In The Simulated Multiverse, his second book on the subject of simulation, Rizwan Virk walks us through the concept of a computer-generated reality that Philip K. Dick posited in the speech that he delivered in Metz, France, in 1977. This volume is well-researched and eminently readable . Perhaps The Matrix is more than a science fiction film; perhaps it reveals some truth about our world and our lives in this world. Read this book, if you dare.

Tessa B. Dick, wife of Philip K. Dick and

author of Conversations with Philip K. Dick,

Refining his impressions first introduced in The Simulation Hypothesis, with the progress of AI since his research at MIT, in The Simulated Multiverse, Virk has expanded his thesis in the wider scope of the multiverse, building on the framework of pioneers such as Nick Bostrom and Kurzweil. The result is a new challenge not only to theories of simulation, but to what constitutes reality itself, and human illusions of our rightful place within it.

Jacques Valle, venture capitalist, author of Forbidden Science

Virk makes a cogent, clear-eyed guide to the head-spinning science of parallel universes, quantum indeterminacy, and the possibilityterrifying or relievingthat our perceived reality is in fact part of a great simulation.

Publishers Weekly

Im grateful to be living in a branch of the multiverse where if Im asked to go into more detail about the relationship between Total Recall and quantum physics, I can simply point someone in the direction of this comprehensive and entertaining book. To quote a certain 1999 blockbuster: Woah.

Rodney Ascher, director of A Glitch in the Matrix

In The Simulated Multiverse, Riz Virk takes simulation theory and The Matrix to a new level. Using computational tools complexity, artificial intelligence, video games and quantum computing Virk explains an interpretation of our world that sounds like science fiction: that we are living multiple parallel timelines. If you want to get glimpses of possible presents, pasts, and futures, read this book!

- Brad Feld , venture capitalist and author of

The Startup Community Way

MIT scientists Simulation Hypothesis makes compelling case for The Matrix.

The Next Web

"My own experience has taught me that we live, teach, learn and love in a virtual world. In The Simulation Hypothesis , 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 and At Peace in the Light

In The Simulation Hypothesis, Riz Virk provides a deft and knowledgeable blend of video game history, hard science speculation, and science fiction reference I found it fascinating and entertaining.

Noah Falstein, former chair of the IGDA, former Chief Game Designer at Google

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. If this sounds mind blowing, it is!

Diana Walsh Pasulka, author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

Praise for Zen Entrepreneurship and Treasure Hunt, also by Rizwan Virk:

Treasure Hunt provides some well-worth-your-consideration guidance. Virk provides new maps of understanding, based on the latest thinking of quantum physics and the multiverse, that can guide you through todays jungle of opportunities and dense misadventures.

Fred Alan Wolf PhD, author of Parallel Universes and Dr. Quantum Presents:
Do-it-Yourself Time Travel

So exciting that someone from the tech world is speaking up about synchronicities, signs, and spiritual guidance. Thanks, Riz, for giving us case studies and a compelling guide for finding the map we all contain inside.

Pam Grout, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-squared

The world around us is speaking to us every day in a language of signs and symbols, if only we pay attention. Virk invites us to look at the patterns of everyday life as a treasure map, offering clues we can follow to manifest our dreams.

Robert Moss, author of Conscious Dreaming and Sidewalk Oracles

Tales of Power meets The Peaceful Warrior... in Silicon Valley! Zen Entrepreneurship is entertaining, humble, insightful and valuablenot just to entrepreneurs, but to anyone looking to manifest their dreams and make a difference in the world.

Foster Gamble, Creator and Host,
Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take

In Zen Entrepreneurship, Riz Virk brings the wisdom of ancient Eastern traditions into a purely Western setting. The result is an often hilarious but always insightful book that will change how you view career success and help you discover and walk your own unique path.

Marc Allen, author of Visionary Business, CEO and co-founder of New World Library

ALSO BY RIZWAN VIRK

The Simulation Hypothesis:

An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We Are in a Video Game

Startup Myths & Models:

What You Wont Learn in Business School

Treasure Hunt:

Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success

* Wisdom of a Yogi:

Lessons for Modern Seekers from Yoganandas Autobiography

THE ZEN ENTREPRENEUR SAGA

Zen Entrepreneurship:

Walking the Path of the Career Warrior

* The Zen Entrepreneur and the Dream:

Further Adventures in Business and Consciousness

visit

www.zenentrepreneur.com

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The Simulated Multiverse

An MIT Computer Scientist Explores

Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis,

Quantum Computing and

the Mandela Effect

Rizwan Virk

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