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Love how some people are legitimately proving this meme in the comments.
I don't think there's a significant number of people who believe in a specific simulation scenario the way so many people believe in a specific religion.
Sure, some dumb tech bros believe “i think we live in like, a simulation, dude”, which would correspond to “there must be some higher power out there for sure”. Both beliefs are irrational, but more likely than “the Matrix is real, just like in the movies” or “this specific codex got it all right and we should live our lives after the thousands of unclear moral teachings that can be extrapolated from it by untrustworthy human preachers”
There is a big difference between observing and mandating. Most interpretations of simulation theory don't even talk about humans being observed.
Some religions don't either, and ST doesn't preclude it.
Agreed