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I don't know how important it will be for a naive sample, but if the sample includes transhumanists, you might need to clarify your definitions of "humanity" and "extinct". If we transition to beings of pure energy that bear no more relation to humans than humans do to cockroaches, is that "humanity becomes extinct" or not?
Yes, our thought was that it doesn't matter for a naive sample. But if there is a concise way of clarifying, we'll consider it.
"Humans or their direct descendants"?