Idealism is more Rational than Materialism

[Rational AKD]

No, monism is a form of materialism. Materialism is the more general term.

do you ever know what you're talking about?
monism-"the philosophical view that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance."
materialism-"a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental phenomena and consciousness, are the result of material interactions."
any questions?

Is that really Idealism? Not really. Where is this simulation hosted?

in the one greater mind... like I've said only a million times by now.

All that the concept of simulation does is to push back the definition of reality one level. It doesn't explain anything.

what are you talking about? if the world is a simulation, it drastically changes how it could have come about.

No, it requires a substance on which to host this simulation.

not if mind is considered its own substance.

No, I don't believe I did any such thing.

you started your post with "Unless you are advocating Solipsism or mass hallucination" thus providing alternatives but dismissing them for no reason.

So, to sum your argument up and make sure I understand it:

I experience my own consiousness.
I experience matter, through my own consiousness.

Therefore it is more likely that my own consiousness exsits, rather than matter. Is that right?

no that is not right... more like:
I experience mental processes.
I experience physical substances as part of my mental processes.
these physical substances are either their own substances my mental processes are interpreting or they are just mental projections.
the later makes fewer assumptions than the former.
Occam's Razor and whatnot... I've already said this.

I don't have much time now so I'll try and address further comments later.