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This is pretty off topic compared to my usual writings about cryptocurrency, but I saw a snippet of a recent JRE episode that talked about it at length.

The argument for us living in a simulated reality is pretty convincing to be honest. Though there's no way (at least that we know of) to prove this reality to be true or not, I think it's fascinating to think about and discuss it.

The argument, for those of you who haven't heard it is as follows:

We are on the cusp of virtual reality technology. Some games/movies that are coming out are very realistic, although we still know that we're playing/watching when we immerse ourselves in them.

But, the argument states that if this VR technology continues to flourish, then we will see it continue to get more and more realistic. After dozens, hundreds or even thousands of years of growth in VR and immersive technologies, why wouldn't it be plausible that a VR game comes out that is like real life. Where you can live a different world and embody some different lifestyle on some different planet.

The argument continues that if this were to be possible, then what are the odds that we are currently living in base reality (the first and original "timeline" so to speak) and not in some other civilization's simulation who had figured out this technology?

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That's the argument, what do you think about the possibility that we live in a simulation? Are you swayed to one sider or another? Why or why not?