[Vox_Leone]

> Always find it interesting how people (not OP particularly) can hate on religion, but can entertain the ‘simulation theory’.

The Simulation hypothesis is a rational extrapolation of possible things. Quite different than religion.

[edgyquant]

No it’s literally people just rediscovering religion after it’s been made taboo by the zeitgeist

[ben_w]

I think it's people rediscovering The Matrix, which itself was used by my A-level Philosophy teacher when discussing Descartes' evil demon.