excreationist
Married mouth-breather
I think it is loosely based on the "real" world. It probably has similar physics.....But you are talking about a simulation of the real world.
For entertainment and personal growth... plus you could have billions of them.... (because they're not very resource intensive)What's the point not making an accurate simulation, and only make one good enough to fool humans?
In the Matrix there mainly seems to be a single simulation (at a time). I'm talking about billions. And if you died in the game you don't need to die in real life.That's the plot of Matrix.
The Matrix only simulated around the turn of the millenium. The simulation I'm talking about could be at any point in history - or invented histories like The Elder Scrolls, or Star Wars... or Rick and Morty (with a faithful cartoon style)While a cool twist, it's a stupid plot device. It's in nobody's interest to do this. Nobody would make such a simulator. While fun to speculate on, it's been done already. It's the film Matrix. So we can stop discussing it and go and re-watch the movie instead
Also if you're talking about a perfect simulation - well people could just watch old documentaries...