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That sample is drawn from those who think risks are important enough to go to a conference about the subject.
That seems like a self-selected sample of those with high estimates of p(DOOM).
The fact that this is probably a biased sample from the far end of a long tail should inform interpretations of the results.
There's also the possibility that people dismiss it out of hand, without even thinking, and the more you look into the facts, the more your estimate rises. In this instance, the people at the conference just have the most facts.