There's a chance - however small - that WE live in that simulation.
People who believe in the simulation also tend to try and influence it (Scott Adams does), using a method indistinguishable from prayer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Devil_Will_Drag_You_Un...
> In the year 2079, a human attempt to mine a nearby asteroid instead results in the asteroid being directed towards Earth. As catastrophic natural disasters envelop the world, Mac Walters and Jill McCulloch find themselves in Reno, Nevada. Entering a nearby bar, they encounter a demon named Asmodeus Mogart, who tells them that Earth is but one of thousands of universes set up by the mysterious Department of Probabilities, and that he can save the world if he can gather six magic jewels.
However, it actually doesn't matter in any way whatsoever.
turns out the purpose was for them to study how the borg collective spreads across galaxies, and when we wipe out the borg we've ruined their experiment and they just pull the plug, because none of it was about us. oops.