I agree. The inefficient simulation argument implies that a host has limited time and energy, but it doesn’t have to. Maybe phenomenons vaguely corresponding to

I agree. The inefficient simulation argument implies that a host has limited time and energy, but it doesn’t have to. Maybe phenomenons vaguely corresponding to our time and energy are abundant there (or even replenished so regularly that you must “spend” them) and the problem the simulation solves lies elsewhere. E.g. they naturally experience that consciousness is universal and simultaneous and is only separated by means of poor communication, unavailable in their primary continuum. Therefore if they stop simulating universes with laws that prohibit efficient communication, they’re doomed to eternally exist in a tedium. (Just sci-fying here please don’t get these details serious)