Just a friendly word of advice... It isn't a good idea to create a cult of personality and make persistent appeals to authority. Satoshi was/is a genius and while it is easy to revere his opinion, he also made multiple mistakes and from his programming history wasn't the most competent developer either. Many of the current core developers are far more competent and proficient technically than Satoshi... and we shouldn't view them as infallible or use appeals to authority to them either. This is yet another reason why we need to support multiple implementations as the core developers could learn from the others or correct a mistake as well.
I will read this paper and respond later, going to head off now and celebrate the new year. I wish everyone here a happy new year.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Don't drink and drive and if you can avoid the roads by sleeping with the host/hostess of the party than take the opportunity.