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> So the idea that you are "probably" in a simulation relies on the assumption that there will be more conscious beings inside simulations than in the top-level "real" universe.

I mean I can sort-of-see-it if this is the assumption, but the assumption itself seems quite circular to me.

EDIT: I also don't understand how this is connected to my point about speed-of-simulation, but...



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