By Sc*entology-tier I mean filing like a recognized religion for tax purposes, devotees registering as ELO~Nologists on the religious survey blank, and so on.
I think the chances are roughly a coin toss. If the writer of Battlefield Earth can start a cult/religion that's still going after a bet, maybe that's something that :my-hero: can pull off too.
"Longtermism" can be summarized even more briefly: "Things that matter now don't matter in the bazinga future, but making the rich even richer is top priority because they promise to build the robot god."