Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters

Is it because people always use the analogy of the new technology that is redefining their lived period to explain the world, which some people take too far?

Consider watchmaker/clockwork, print media, telegraphs, and aviation and space travel.

There was a scientific paper about this, which debunked this theory completely.