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> All of which effort and edifice would collapse into the dumpster

Except it wouldn't, because the work towards the BSD would still be right and applicable to other problems. If someone proved the Riemann hypothesis false, all of our math (and there is a lot of it) surrounding the problem isn't immediately made worthless. The same is true for any mathematical conjecture.

I don't doubt the rest of your comment might have played a role, however.