Ahhh very nice. Me and you have a very similar viewpoint! One note though: you're still sort of creating the need for there to be a 'base' world creating the si

Ahhh very nice. Me and you have a very similar viewpoint! One note though: you're still sort of creating the need for there to be a 'base' world creating the simulation and trying out all possibilities to contain it ... My take is very similar to yours, but my take on the 'simulation' idea is that the concept of there being a 'real' or 'simulated' world doesn't matter. Even if we're not in the 'base' simulation, we may be part of a universe which is being simulated from another simulation, and which is also being invoked by another simulation itself. In any case: all of these worlds are just as 'real' as the base worlds - it would have to have a self-encompassing structure I would think. Also - the concept of 'creation' is a tricky bit as well: the universe in my viewpoint is never 'created.' All of space-time simply exists: we perceive time as having a flow, but time itself doesn't have flow and this is something that Einstein proved. The perceived 'flow' or perception of time is a necessary part of the design though: you need it in order to 'create' the beings which eventually go on to 'create' the creation or to have the system reach self-consistency.