My impression is that the simulation theory is essentially a "what if Matrix was true" (it is said that originally the machines were meant to use humans not as

My impression is that the simulation theory is essentially a "what if Matrix was true" (it is said that originally the machines were meant to use humans not as batteries, but as computational resources for the Matrix), which is essentially a Cartesian doubt about "what if an evil genie is lying to me about everything. In both of these cases you exist in the real world, but are trapped in a dream/simulation/lie. In the "modern" simulation theory we are often imagined as pixels in a huge Game of Life: the entire universe runs on some computational device where it is represented as little more than bits. This theory is a complete thought stopper: there is no concept of escaping the simulation as We does not exists in the "real" world, the same way that a Minecraft Enderman does not exists in ours. This is the why in my opinion. It allows for many wasted hours of thought bu nothing is at play, nothing is actionable, nothing can be learned, and more importantly your opinions can never be disproved.