The simulation argument could be blocked by holding that humanlike sims are impossible, or that they’re possible but most humanlike nonsims won’t create them. Likewise, the creation argument could be blocked by holding that creating humanlike beings is impossible, or that this is possible but most top-level humanlike beings won’t create them. Still, we can get to the same sort of three-way conclusion: either most beings are created, or most humanlike populations won’t create humanlike populations, or creating humanlike beings is impossible.
