The earth is supposedly roughly 5B yrs old and we are nowhere close to creating a universe so I call BS on his idea. Any civilizations that have developed probably have remained within their star systems. The distances are just to great to offset the resources required to leave.
or perhaps the ability to reach other civilizations comes with the inevitability of self-destruction
“The earth is supposedly roughly 5B yrs old and we are nowhere close to creating a universe so I call BS on his idea.”
Well, from the time we developed computing a few decades ago to today, we now have quite a few pretty impressive high definition, highly detailed multiplayer simulations going.
There is no confusing those with reality, but if we continue to develop at this pace I doubt it would take millions of years for us to create a simulation that could fool you.