Is Sarang a complete idiot?

[EnDash]

i'm going to take a less technical/hypothetical view and simply say, it was his way to cope with his impending death.

imagine being stranded under the ocean with limited food and water, everyone on the surface you know and love is dead, and the best solution is a 50% chance you'd get into a fake virtual reality.

and lets say you lose the bet and don't get inside, what awaits you then? a slow death? everyone going insane? getting killed by robots that talk like your former friends?

so you choose suicide, but you can't admit that to yourself, it's admitting defeat and losing hope. instead you create this imaginary solution where when you die you actually get into the ark. it even turns into a cult. you don't realize or care that it doesn't make sense because the alternative is the worst possible thing. it's easy and magical and solves everything.

it's why i kinda wished we'd get to see more of simon's actions after the ark launch, did he choose to kill himself? did he searched for another solution? i guess it's up for the player to decide.