[brainfish]

Supposing that we can, this seems like a plausible explanation for the Fermi Paradox.

[idlewords]

What, you think the simulators didn't want to pay for Simulator Pro and instead stuck with the one-civilization free tier?

[paranoidrobot]

Or maybe this is just a CI test run isolated environment.

> Test run #896643 for commit hash... > Comment: Altering initial seed value for Sol, trying to fix issue where intelligent life fails to maintain stable planetary environment.

[p-e-w]

Here's a far more plausible one: Large-scale space exploration and space engineering are ultimately not worth it, and any sufficiently advanced civilization eventually realizes this. The meme that "civilizations need ever more resources" is a reflection of humanity's past two centuries, not some universal truth.

[throwaway3286]

Maybe they eventually figured out of how to hack the simulation, and have every resource they could possiblity want?