"Well, that assumes that everyone here is telling the truth," I say. "Not that I think anyone knows they're lying, but there's a lot of evidence to suggest that we're in a simulation." The reversal of the Earth's rotation being the most glaring and absurd example.

"If the simplest answer is the most likely, it then seems more likely that we're being manipulated mentally rather than someone is bending the laws of time and space. But you're right, that still leaves the question of why."