In the previous post, we identified some fears that hold people back from taking more social risks, including the fear of others forming a negative opinion of you and the fear of hurting others through social interaction with them, fears that would be eliminated if you were dealing only with computer-generated characters in a simulation instead of real-life human beings.

I think these points are valid to a degree. You would incur less social risk with a simulation as opposed to real humans.

But consider an alternative viewpoint