It's a completely coincidence that the idea we live in a simulation happened right around the time we invented simulations. The people who live their lives ruled by computers and automation just so happen to feel that even their physical universe itself is a computer program.
There is no connection between material circumstances and how people view their lives or the universe. Science is objective, so we have to assume that we must be living in a simulation because smart people say so.
It's a completely coincidence that the idea we live in a simulation happened right around the time we invented simulations. The people who live their lives ruled by computers and automation just so happen to feel that even their physical universe itself is a computer program.
There is no connection between material circumstances and how people view their lives or the universe. Science is objective, so we have to assume that we must be living in a simulation because smart people say so.
Nothing is objective. We can only ever have approximations to objectivity. Science is a social institution.
Here's a far better explanation.
I was being sarcastic. The point is that science is biased because it exists in relation to the mode of production like everything else.
Oops. Wouldn't be the first time I've completely missed it.