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The Basement: Luke Caverns | LiDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding

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The Basement: Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Physics & Mysticism

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 ...  Show more

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