But there are lots of critiques of that supposed trilemma.
Why would beings in simulations be conscious?
Or maybe running simulations is really expensive and so it's done sometimes (more than "almost none") but only sometimes (nowhere near "we are almost certainly").
Or simulations are common but limited? You don't need to simulate a universe if all you want to do is simulate a city.
The "trilemma" is an extreme example of black-and-white thinking. In the real world, things cost resources and so there are tradeoffs -- so middle grounds are the rule, not extremes.
Why would beings in simulations be conscious?
Or maybe running simulations is really expensive and so it's done sometimes (more than "almost none") but only sometimes (nowhere near "we are almost certainly").
Or simulations are common but limited? You don't need to simulate a universe if all you want to do is simulate a city.
The "trilemma" is an extreme example of black-and-white thinking. In the real world, things cost resources and so there are tradeoffs -- so middle grounds are the rule, not extremes.