Rizwan Virk

and I'm a level two player, our avatars could be standing right next to each other.

One could see the dragon and one might not be able to see the dragon because maybe we don't have that ability in the game.

We're not at a high enough level.

But the server logic is deciding that.

So consciousness then becomes the player in that model of simulation theory and it renders the world for us.

And it turns out

That is very similar to what the world's religions have been telling us, right?

Not just one or two of the world's religions.

Like when I wrote my book, The Simulation Hypothesis, I gave it a subtitle of why AI, quantum physics, and Eastern mystics agree we're in a video game.

And I was thinking primarily of the Eastern mystics, like in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions and the yogis.

And they talk about the term maya.

Most people have probably heard that term in karma and all these different terms.

But maya means illusion.

That's how it gets translated.

It's like an ancient Sanskrit word.

And so these mystics are telling us that the world isn't really real.

It's a kind of illusion.

But if you really look at the definition of that word maya,

It means something more like a carefully crafted illusion.

It's almost like if you go to a magic show