I feel like if we do live in a simulation, then praying is not a crazy response. If I were simulating a universe and its denizens started appealing to me to please lay off on the whole suffering thing, I hope I’d at least think twice about it.
I’m kind of tempted to start a simulationist cult, based on worshipping our simulators and thinking about the most effective ways of praying to get their attention. Has anyone done this yet?