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> they will freak out knowing that we are all doomed, including all our offspring

Um, sorry to break it to you but the horse has left the barn in regards to future prospects.

Things may get pretty shitty for them, but if I could wager on such a thing, I'd wager on the species surviving.

who would you collect from if you wagered against, and how would you take it with you?

One could say we are already collecting from our offspring.

Basically Pascal's wager:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

The wager is problematic for both sides. There's no end-point in which someone who was wagering for could collect.

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