It could be that the ‘external’ world is completely different and way, way bigger than our world. Their world might be to our world what our world is to a simple game of life simulation.
If the hypothetical external world in question diverges from our own world by a lot then the ancestor simulation argument loses all force.
Of course, but OTOH, we have simulated a lot of tiny, strange universes, so it’s not completely implausible.
It could be that the ‘external’ world is completely different and way, way bigger than our world. Their world might be to our world what our world is to a simple game of life simulation.
If the hypothetical external world in question diverges from our own world by a lot then the ancestor simulation argument loses all force.
Of course, but OTOH, we have simulated a lot of tiny, strange universes, so it’s not completely implausible.