[He has had trouble explaining virtual reality concepts to the people he's encountered so far, so he decides to go with something 'simpler' for ease of communication.]

There are a number of things happening here, and before, that defy any natural explanation and of which I have no record of occurring anywhere in the known Galaxy. Combining these impossibilities with the presence of pre-programmed rules and game-like systems lead to the simplest explanation: which is that we are being subjected to a created and controlled situation.

[Threepio getting into some meta weeds here]