[morkfromork]

Maybe a past civilization created a simulation we are living in.

[pndy]

Maybe that's still ahead of us and there never will be sufficient data available for a meaningful answer.

Or, we're indeed in a simulation which is aimed to preserve the image of species that evolved beyond physical form eons ago.

[marci]

What do you mean by past?

If we look like the Sims to them, the current player may find it funny that we refer to their Game Devs as being part of a past civilization, which could make them wonder if they're part of a sim...

[morkfromork]

The player downloaded the sim to a Universe Console, watched the big bang, eventually became bored and has moved on.

[marci]

Assuming there's no "[Select] to skip cutscene", which reminds me of a Star Trek:Voyager episode (Blink of an eye https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708856/)

[arisAlexis]

if we are part of the sim, they are too