If only we could end the simulation and wake up out of a world in which an impulsive whack job like Trump was the decider ..
But as an explanation of anything the theory sucks, simply kicking the can not just down the road put entirely off the table where we can't get at it. Leave it to the movies where with the right soundtrack it can be really entertaining. Then when you get curious about how things really are, try imagining that they are how they must be to make sense of all the data we have access to. Fine to give up because the problem is hard, but lets not give up just because the alternative is more entertaining.
But as an explanation of anything the theory sucks, simply kicking the can not just down the road put entirely off the table where we can't get at it. Leave it to the movies where with the right soundtrack it can be really entertaining. Then when you get curious about how things really are, try imagining that they are how they must be to make sense of all the data we have access to. Fine to give up because the problem is hard, but lets not give up just because the alternative is more entertaining.