 Well, I'm not sure that I would formulate the question precisely like that about living in a simulation. A simulation means that somebody made the simulation and who did it. There are two aspects of it. Yes, it is absolutely hilarious. Of course, the scientist says right away that he would rephrase the question. He wants to talk about simulation theory, but at the same time he doesn't want to call it a simulation because then you need an inventor, you need a programmer, you need God. And the scientists nowadays unfortunately hate God. I don't see a contradiction with being a scientist and being a religious person, but unfortunately in this day and age most people do and therefore the scientist has to rephrase, has to abstain here from the possibility of there being a God.