That’s why it’s a thought experiment. It’s not a story of a chance encounter. It’s not a reflection on a moment in your past. The “claim of our supposed rational mapping of our futures” that he is making is that we are not as rational as we often think we are.
Edit: after watching this Should we just give up the debate? - Religion and Secularism - CFI Forums
This “calling out” of yours is troublesome, given previous conversations we’ve had where I pointed out that you ignore the emotional drives. You lament a lack of response to your outreach and blame greed and selfishness but don’t engage my conversations about how greed is promoted by powerful propaganda.