Society could, as it always has, adjust to this paradigm shift and life will continue on, with the same arguments to recur in the next generation. Or We could

Society could, as it always has, adjust to this paradigm shift and life will continue on, with the same arguments to recur in the next generation. Or We could be plunged head first into a dark dystopian world where people eat each other's children and burn the remains to stay warm. These two equally likely scenarios should be given the same amount of legitimacy.