Free will
Subject in Philosophy
Free will has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show, Digital Social Hour. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Danny GolerIndependent researcher and founder of the nonprofit Code of Reality, known for the DMT laser experiment
Goler contends humans lack free will but have a perception of it that shapes how the world appears.
“the whole question of free will which no you don't have it but you do have the perception of it”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #320 Danny Goler - Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T Explain (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:38
Rizwan VirkEntrepreneur and video game designer cited by Cohen as linking health problems to straying from his life path
Virk argues that even a deterministic system can be unpredictable, and that in the RPG version free will comes from players outside the system.
“And in the RPG version, free will comes from outside the system. Your character, your player is controlling the avatar, so you're telling it what to do”
Digital Social Hour: New Simulation Theory Evidence Has Experts Shocked... | DSH #2022 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 15:15
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
#320 Danny Goler - Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T ExplainThe Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 9, 2026 · 2 h 42 min
Shawn Ryan interviews researcher Danny Goler about his DMT laser 'code' experiment, simulation theory, entities encountered on DMT, consciousness, and Buddhist no-self practice.
New Simulation Theory Evidence Has Experts Shocked... | DSH #2022Digital Social Hour · Jun 17, 2026 · 53 min
Sean Kelly talks with author Rizwan Virk at Conscious Life Expo about simulation theory, AI-generated worlds, quantum physics, the Mandela Effect, jinn, UFOs and karma.