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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Weird post. First of all, there's plenty of evidence to support simulation theory - you're typing on a piece of evidence right now. Not suggesting that it's adequate evidence, but the argument is certainly based on observable facts about the universe and what we currently understand about intelligence.
But also, why do you think this would give atheists "meaning"? Why do you think they're lacking "meaning"? If anything simulation theory is a dystopic vision, not something anyone would hope for.
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There is no requirement for the simulation to exist. There is no experiment one can do to prove or disprove it.
The simulation like all religion is an answer to the age old question of Why do we exist and what is the meaning of life. It’s based on faith rather than any experimental evidence.
Religion is part of the human evolutionary condition. Perhaps part of the shortcuts our brain takes to make sense of things and establish rules to successfully pass on genetic material and ensure the survival of young or perhaps critical in establishing the in groups and out groups that we still are today.
The simulation is just an extension of filling this evolutionary need to fill in gaps.