Zero to One with Danny Goler #3 - Dr. Rizwan Virk: The Simulation Hypothesis

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences at Florida Atlantic University. With seventeen books published — thirteen of them bestsellers, three nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and work translated into over 80 languages — he is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on peak human performance. He is the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective, whose training programs have reached participants in 156 countries, from U.S. Navy SEALs and Olympic athletes to executive teams at Google, Meta, and Microsoft. His work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, consciousness, flow states, and the outer edges of what humans are capable of. Books like Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and The Art of Impossible have redefined how we understand peak performance — not as a talent, but as a learnable science. In this conversation, we explore what flow actually is at the neurological level, how altered states and peak performance overlap, and what the cutting edge of consciousness research tells us about the true ceiling of human potential. If this resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts Code of Reality (COR) - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Steven Kotler: Website - https://flow.stevenkotler.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stevenkotler/ Connect with Danny Goler: Website - https://dannygoler.com/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ X (Twitter) - https://x.com/dannygoler Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ Facebook COR Professional page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 COR Website - https://codeofreality.org/ YouTube link - https://youtu.be/24Cn3fNSvno #FlowState #PeakPerformance #Consciousness #Neuroscience #StevenKotler #FlowResearch #HumanPotential #AlteredStates #ZeroToOne #DanGoThoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Professor Carl Hayden Smith — Associate Professor of Media at the University of East London, consciousness researcher, co-founder of the Cyberdelics Nexus, founder of the Museum of Consciousness at Oxford University, and Director at Noonautics. Carl was Subject Zero of the DMTx extended state study at Imperial College London — the first person in the world to complete five full dosing sessions. His work spans psychedelics, cyberdelics, sound, hyperhumanism, and context engineering — all in service of one question: what kind of humans are we becoming, and what helps? If this resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: • Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts • Code of Reality (COR) - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Danny Goler: • Website - https://dannygoler.com/ • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ • X (Twitter) - https://x.com/dannygoler • Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ • Facebook COR Professional page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 • COR Website - https://codeofreality.org/ • Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0ofKH89kWjh3uX1ocXQigk?si=MeONa3EsRGmBiPbDPQSdWQ RSS: Connect with Carl Hayden Smith: • Website - https://contextology.org • Noonautics - https://noonautics.org • Eleusis - https://eleusismind.com • Cyberdelic Nexus - https://cyberdelic.nexus • Museum of Consciousness - https://themoc.org • X (Twitter) - https://x.com/behindthebeats #DMT #DMTx #Consciousness #Cyberdelics #Psychedelics #Hyperhumanism #MuseumOfConsciousness #Noonautics #ConsciousnessResearch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Chris Timmermann — neuroscientist, psychologist, and co-director of the UCL Centre for Consciousness Research. Chris led the DMT Research Group at Imperial College London's Centre for Psychedelic Research, where he conducted the first neuroimaging studies on the effects of DMT on the human brain. He is also the founder and director of the ECOH Foundation for the Study of Human Consciousness. His work sits at the razor's edge of science and the unknown — rigorously studying the things most researchers won't touch. If this resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: • Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts • Code of Reality (COR) - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Danny Goler: • Website - https://dannygoler.com/ • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ • X (Twitter) - https://x.com/dannygoler • Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ • Facebook COR Professional page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 • COR Website - https://codeofreality.org/ • Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0ofKH89kWjh3uX1ocXQigk?si=MeONa3EsRGmBiPbDPQSdWQ YouTube - https://youtu.be/4qmIsE7P_dA Connect with Chris Timmermann: • Event - https://dandelion.events/e/o3w9n • X (Twitter) - https://x.com/neurodelia • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/christophertimmermann #DMT #Consciousness #Psychedelics #Neuroscience #PsychedelicResearch #ImperialCollege #DMTEntities #ConsciousnessResearch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Niffe Hermansson — mathematician, senior researcher at the Trace Institute, and co-author of the landmark preprint "Traces of the Other: Are DMT Entities Real?" alongside Donald Hoffman and Andrew Gallimore. Niffe's work sits at the intersection of formal mathematics and consciousness science, building rigorous frameworks to ask the questions most researchers won't touch — including whether the beings encountered in the DMT space are, in any meaningful sense, real. If this resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: • Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts • Code of Reality (COR) - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Danny Goler: • Website - https://dannygoler.com/ • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ • X - https://x.com/dannygoler • Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ • Facebook COR Professional page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 • COR Website - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Niffe Hermansson: • Trace Institute - https://traceinstitute.org • X - https://x.com/Niffe YouTube - https://youtu.be/7NOOkMNgAKU #DMT #Consciousness #TraceInstitute #DonaldHoffman #SimulationTheory #Psychedelics #ConsciousnessResearch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Paul Hynek — entrepreneur, futurist, Wharton MBA, and Adjunct Professor of Finance at Pepperdine University. Paul is the son of legendary astronomer and UFO researcher Dr. J. Allen Hynek, creator of the Close Encounter classification system and the real figure behind History Channel's Project Blue Book. Paul has built a remarkable career of his own at the cutting edge of technology, cryptocurrency, virtual production, and startups — including playing a key role in the sale of Giant Studios to James Cameron for Avatar, launching the world's first children's online service with Bill Gates, and creating EZ Numbers, the financial projections software that has raised over $1 billion for thousands of startups. A frequent speaker at South by Southwest, Harvard, and Wharton, Paul is also a pioneering longevity researcher — one of the first people in the world to regrow his thymus gland in an FDA-approved life extension trial. Woven through all of it is a lifelong fascination with UFOs, DMT, consciousness, and the nature of reality — a path that led him, in his own words, to believe that disclosure won't come from a government podium, but from direct experience itself. If this conversation resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts Code of Reality (COR) - https://codeofreality.org/ Connect with Danny Goler: Website - https://dannygoler.com/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ X - https://x.com/golerdanny?s=21&t=Gjcrl3ekQAHfVmhYl1OXzA Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ Facebook COR Professional page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 COR Website - https://codeofreality.org/ YouTube Link - https://youtu.be/ZZWGbdli8ZU Connect with Paul Hynek: X - @paulhynek #UFO #Disclosure #DMT #AIsingularity #Consciousness #ProjectBlueBook #Psychedelics #Bitcoin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Ness — independent researcher, certified gemologist, writer, and artist. Anthony's work spans crystallography, the architecture of language, and embodied cognition — exploring how the structure of matter, light, and perception reveal fundamental truths about consciousness and reality. If this conversation resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. The article that sparked this conversation - https://anthonyness.substack.com/p/the-eye-was-there-first Support the show: • Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts • Code of Reality (COR) - https://www.codeofreality.com/ Connect with Danny Goler: Website - https://dannygoler.com/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ X (Twitter) - https://x.com/golerdanny?s=21&t=Gjcrl3ekQAHfVmhYl1OXzA Substack - https://dannygoler.substack.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danny.goler/ Facebook COR Professional page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0ofKH89kWjh3uX1ocXQigk?si=MeONa3EsRGmBiPbDPQSdWQ YouTube link - https://youtu.be/BDo3DBQKK4w Connect with Anthony Ness: • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspirited_in_sight • Substack - https://substack.com/@inspiritedinsight • Fire Tongue (Secondary Publication) - https://constructamiracle.com/s/fire-tongue • Research Paper - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19211810 • Book - https://firetongue.gumroad.com/l/jpiiho • Threads - https://www.threads.com/@inspirited_in_sight #Consciousness #Crystallography #DMT #Perception #Neuroscience #SimulationTheory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Rizwan Virk — MIT computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis. Riz is a thinker whose work spans video game technology, simulation theory, and the intersection of artificial intelligence, quantum physics, and Eastern spirituality. If this conversation resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. Support the show: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts Code of Reality (COR) - https://www.codeofreality.com/ Connect with Danny Goler: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/golerdanny?s=21&t=Gjcrl3ekQAHfVmhYl1OXzA YouTube Link - https://youtu.be/bwJjvgVYSIc Connect with Rizwan Virk: Website - https://www.zenentrepreneur.com Book - https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/simulationhypothesis YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@rizwanvirksimulation X (Twitter) - @rizstanford Instagram - @rizcambridge TikTok - @rizcambridge #SimulationHypothesis #AI #QuantumPhysics #Consciousness #Metaverse #SimulationTheory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I sit down with Andrés Gómez Emilsson — the co-founder and director of research at the Qualia Research Institute. Andrés is a scholar whose work spans computational psychology, affective science, and the mathematical foundations of consciousness. If this conversation resonates, like, comment, and subscribe. We cover: • We dive into psychedelics and their role in exploring consciousness 🧠✨ • Discuss the “hard problem” — why and how subjective experience arises 🌀 • Explore mathematical models and frameworks for understanding consciousness 📊 • Touch on the intersection between science, spirituality, and direct experience 🌌 Support the show: • Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts • Code of Reality (COR) - https://www.codeofreality.com/ Connect with Danny Goler: • TikTok: https - //www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler • Instagram: https - //www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ • X (Twitter): https - //x.com/golerdanny?s=21&t=Gjcrl3ekQAHfVmhYl1OXzA YouTube: https://youtu.be/z6JPQJN8m2o Connect with Andrés Gómez-Emilsson: • Website - https://qri.org/ • YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@QualiaResearchInstitute • Retreat - https://heart.qri.org/ • X - https://x.com/algekalipso • Qualia Computing - https://qualiacomputing.com/ • Substack - https://substack.com/@andrsgmezemilsson?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=454o8 #Consciousness #Psychedelics #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroscience #HardProblemOfConsciousness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My first guest in my new show Zero to One with Danny Goler, is David Rug—a metaphysician, civilizational theorist, and storyteller turning early experiences of fragmentation into “memetic medicine.” While studying physics at Heidelberg, David encountered GameB thinkers and began outlining a “physics of communication”—practical principles for sense-making and coordination. That led to Project Liminality, an open-source communication and co-creation layer, and the InterBrain, a new medium aimed at flipping the vector of conflict toward unity. We explore systems thinking, narrative design, and how shared ideas and protocols might help humanity organize around what matters—and move from isolated nodes to a healthier human network. If this conversation resonates, like, comment, and subscribe—it really helps. We cover: GameB, systems thinking, and a “physics of communication” Project Liminality and the InterBrain concept Narrative design, coordination, and building unity from fragmentation Support the show: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts Code of Reality (COR): https://www.codeofreality.com/ Connect with Danny Goler: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/golerdanny?s=21&t=Gjcrl3ekQAHfVmhYl1OXzA YouTube: https://youtu.be/l51F96gsbnc?si=PUnm5spkDvskMSyP Connect with David Rug: Project Liminality (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@project-liminality #HolographicUniverse #Synchronicity #SimulationTheory #EnergyVibration #AkashicRecords #AstralProjection #PastLifeRegression #SacredSymbols #HiddenRealms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another fun chat with the one and only Dr. Andrew Gallimore, a leading voice in the study of psychedelics, neurobiology, and consciousness. Gallimore’s ontological framework is redefining how we think about the brain and the nature of reality itself. He has a new book out called Death By Astonishment (https://a.co/d/1458Bjq), so I was happy to have the opportunity to sit down one-on-one and discuss some of the fascinating topics Andrew thinks about.As always, sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversation with Dr. Andrew Gallimore.•Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. • If these topics pique your curiosity, consider supporting the channel on Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/dangothoughts Or contribute to the Code of Reality project (COR) through the website 👉 https://www.codeofreality.com/ • 🌟 Dr. Andrew Gallimore's books: 👉 Death by Astonishment - https://a.co/d/1458Bjq👉 Alien Information Theory - https://a.co/d/hfvlbZy 👉 Reality Switch Technologies - https://a.co/d/dBMWE7c • 🌟 Dr. Andrew Gallimore's website: 👉 https://www.buildingalienworlds.com/ • 🌟 Dr. Andrew Gallimore's social: 👉 IG - https://www.instagram.com/alieninsect/• 🎙️ Connect with Danny Goler: 👉 Danny TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dannygoler 👉 Danny IG - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/ 👉 Danny Twitter - https://twitter.com/GolerDanny • 👉 YouTube Link - https://youtu.be/hoyolm9E86o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices