Proving some things may become easier (as an example of that there are already more than a few papers with proofs that rest on RH ... and then additional effort

Proving some things may become easier (as an example of that there are already more than a few papers with proofs that rest on RH ... and then additional effort to go and find RH-less proofs. A silly example (from memory) using another rather non-obvious proof. 1. Assume 2^(1/4) = X/Y for integers X/Y (Assume the quartic root of 2 is rational) 2. Raise both sides to the 4th power: 2 = X^4 / Y^4 3. Multiply both sides by Y^4: Y^4 + Y^4 = X^4 4. QED, quartic root of 2 is irrational, by contradiction with Fermat's last theorem.