for the millionth time, nobody knows if it is fake or not.
Then let's assume it's fake, ok?
It just is neither fake nor legit. But whatever makes you feel good.
And either way, the message was quite spot on.
He is not saying you should accept that it's fake. He's saying we have to move forward as if it was fake.
And no. It's not spot on. It's self-contradictory.
If you want some satoshi fodder you might want to go and look at the old bct forum discussions where he and Gavin discusses the idea of a plurality of implementations.
I don't have the link but I'm sure your buddy brg444 has it.