Regardless, I really don't understand why people care what he would think anyhow.
If you knew who first created the hammer, would you care what his opinion is about how you want to use one?
If you knew who first created the wheel, would you care whether or not they want you to use the wheel on your new method of transportation?
I care what he would think because the guy had pretty decent insights when it comes to cryptocurrency. I could give a shit what he thinks about how to use a hammer. I don't think he is god, but he certainly did have some appreciable thought on this topic.
Look - today we have no good solution for deciding an impasse. A fucking hard fork is pretty dumb. But that is what we are going to use to settle it. We could flip a coin. Or, we could let a guy who had some nice organized thinking on the topic send us a blessed message (signed of course) and go with that.
So, Danny-boy, which do you prefer: hard fork, coin toss, or a signed bit from our mutual buddy ol' Sato?