What if we are awakened to another state of consciousness of different plane/dimension.
Sounds a bit like Plato's cave.
Ths is not to say that this world is not real, but to show the limitations of our physical senses which some of the people view them as ultimate source of knowledge/experience.
Lets assume you are absolutely correct. One is in a dream/simulation until one awakens.
Even if that were the case the dream/simulation still has rules and one still has to play the game according to those rules. Whether literal or a dream, the outcome is still the same. You have to play the game optimally and therefore you have to understand the parameters and limits. No-one explained the rules so the best way to figure them out is to test for rules e.g. experimentation and observation.
I do not take the Genesis account of creation which is the fabrication of later writers, according to Jeremiah 7:22; 8:8
Then why are you such a skeptic when it comes to evolution? It seems that it forms a part of the fundamental rule set. The evolutionary algorithm is being observed in all disciplines. Anywhere where entropy and information enthalpy interact (which is everywhere), you have the potential to observe evolution.