The vast number of these simulations may even start to take on a whole new consciousness of their own and possibly leaving us completely out of the loop. Realistically there are statistically millions of other intelligent Life systems like ours that are even far more advanced than ours with real probabilities that these beings have already reached or surpassed this point.
What then Law of averages add more and more weight to this supposition every day, taking science fiction theory to science fact, and drawing our ‘what if’ scenarios to new heights ever so steadily. Human endeavour to persevere in this direction outweigh the religious creationism fear of futurism, as the sound humanistic ethics far outweigh the desire for ignorance.