As it turns out, Scripture indicates that our earthly lives are only part of a larger whole, and there is a “real reality” above and beyond what we experience on a day-to-day basis. It is more just a barrage of a list of reasons why it could be true, without fully explaining the items of the list. 'Simulation Theory Explained' doesn't really explain anything. Philosophy of Mind. Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. A swath of technologists and physicists believe that ‘simulation theory’ will be proved, just as it was proved that the Earth was not the center of the universe The Simulation Theory and Explanations that ‘Make Sense of Behavior’ Angela J. Arkway New York University. Any simulation hypothesis or simulation theory has to contend with the weaknesses inherent in solipsism itself. It drops a whole lot of premises for it's argument without giving any good explanation for where those premises come from.