Why “this could all be a simulation” is such a dangerous argument

It’s tempting when everything seems to be falling apart, yet latching onto this narrative could make things much worse

Are we living in a simulation? And, if we are, what does that mean?

I generally don’t listen to anything that comes from the mouth of Elon Musk, but he once quipped “there’s a one in billions chance we’re in base reality”. What he was suggesting is that in all probability, we are living in a simulation.