Most hopes are false; and the persistent self-delusion of Hope is what drives mortals to endure suffering.  That is why the ancient Greeks placed Hope at the bottom of Pandora’s Box, as the enabler of all of the other ills of the world—“the most malign of evils” (in Nietzsche’s description).  Hope is truly a wicked device of psychological torture.

Of course, you are correct:  Satoshi is probably dead, or otherwise incapacitated.  Nonetheless, I hope that Satoshi is alive and well.  And that is the nature of Hope!


That is only credible if he has seen the secret grimoire. 

I do know that there have been multiple instances of liars claiming falsely to know Lauda’s identity; and in at least one instance, some idiot passed off a completely unrelated person’s real dox as Lauda’s.  The harm caused to random bystanders by such chicanery is my principal reason for being so emphatic here.