The argument presented above rules out a infinite chain of simulations inside simulations. It may still be possible to have a finite chain of simulations, where the fidelity successively decreases. At some point down the chain the simulation can't have enough capacity anymore to contain conscious beings, which wonder, whether they live in a simulation.
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The argument presented above rules out a infinite chain of simulations inside simulations. It may still be possible to have a finite chain of simulations, where the fidelity successively decreases. At some point down the chain the simulation can't have enough capacity anymore to contain conscious beings, which wonder, whether they live in a simulation.