I think there's a fundamental difference and 2 different subject here. On a universe level, it's impossible to tell if the entire thing is just a simulation.

I think there's a fundamental difference and 2 different subject here. On a universe level, it's impossible to tell if the entire thing is just a simulation. However, I don't think our conscious experience is any different from a physics event happening elsewhere in our universe. If the universe is indeed simulated, we just happen to evolve naturally in that simulation, and there is no special need to simulate our consciousness specifically - that's a little narcissistic to think about.