Allegory of the cave tried to make a point, about how you might have been wrong all your life, might learn new things, and will then feel a moral obligation to teach.
Simulation theory is IMO, science wanking.
If everything is a simulation, and it does not effect us in any way,
and we can't effect it in any way, and we have no way of confirming.
Did anyone learn about the Allegory of the Cave in school? Simulation theory sounds like the same idea coached in a different way.
So does real life when you’re tripping
I always thought it sounded like G-d with extra steps.
Allegory of the cave tried to make a point, about how you might have been wrong all your life, might learn new things, and will then feel a moral obligation to teach.
Simulation theory is IMO, science wanking.
If everything is a simulation, and it does not effect us in any way, and we can't effect it in any way, and we have no way of confirming.
It does not matter.