>>11777662>>11777685Nonsensical suggestions the universe may be a simulation and other equally retarded shit is just modern pseudoscientific versions of thought experiments conducted by stoners in the 1960s, like "duuude what if our whole world is just a grain of dirt in the pocket of some giant, maaan? What if there's a whole universe inside one grain of dirt in our pockets brooo? What if the world is really just an experiment created by evil aliens who watch us suffer?" etc
The fantasies of modern mainstream scientists in these fields, about parallel and virtual universes are probably invented because they genuinely have no real meaningful science to do or present, they're so out of ideas they need to manufacture fantastical bullshit in order to get attention and funding. And these kinds of schizo theories are of course made easier in a social environment where schizo shit like dark matter and black holes are already accepted as okay. So they feel enabled by that, they're basically encouraged to engage in this behavior.
It's really completely unscientific and irresponsible, they should know better and be ashamed of themselves. When these kinds of "theories" are passed off as science, shouldn’t they have at least a remote chance of being empirically corroborated? Otherwise how do they differ from ideas like intelligent design or the schizo thoughts of a druggie? They don't.
