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The Numerical Platonist's construct is just the universe itself again. No problem there.
If you're not a numerical platonist, I don't see how unexecuted computations could be experienced.
And that leaves us with regular simulation.
(Incidentally, point 6 has a hidden assumption about the distribution of simulated universes)
Why? If it's just because the computations come out the same, doesn't that mean any simulation of the universe is also just the universe itself again?