Possible purposes of this Earth simulation if it is a simulation

1. Does the purpose of the simulation creator matter to the simulation participants? tid:1129 (2) (hivelink)
   
2. Inertia. Someone started it and just left it running. tid:1128 (0) (hivelink)
   
3. Growing and developing genius and other extremely valuable consciousnesses for future applications tid:1126 (1) (hivelink)
   
4. Study of alternative histories of Earth and human society tid:1125 (0) (hivelink)
   
5. Study of recreations of historical events, trends, conditions tid:1124 (0) (hivelink)
   
6. Entertainment tid:1123 (0) (hivelink)