Not necessarily, but already we're hitting up against the limits of what we we are capable of thinking.
I like the model of a computer universe. It makes sense to my consciousness. That's more than most of the other models, and it has some interesting consequences.
It was a joke. I was suggesting that this is mental masturbation.
When the theory can make a risky prediction that can be verified by an appeal to observable evidence, I'll consider it. Anything that starts with you'll never be able to test it, but... is not science or philosophy, but religion.
