The researchers were studying a theory called the simulation theory of empathy.

研究人员正在研究一种称为同理心模拟理论的理论。

This seems to support that simulation theory of empathy, but scientists still don’t know how acetaminophen could be reducing empathy in the brain.

这似乎支持同理心的模拟理论，但科学家们仍然不知道对乙酰氨基酚是如何降低大脑中的同理心的。

Or the universe where Mount Vesuvius erupted over the city of Pompeii… If Bostrom's simulation theory were true, our reality is nothing but a small piece of a post-human experiment.

或者维苏威火山在庞贝城上空爆发的宇宙… … 如果 Bostrom 的模拟理论是正确的，那么我们的现实不过是后人类实验的一小部分。