
The Basement: Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Physics & Mysticism
From The Why Files: Operation Podcast
Published 5/18/2026
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…

