If you'd created something that was storming across the world wouldn't you keep a little bit of interest in it?
The idea of Satoshi completely disengaging would either demonstrate that he/she/it had undergone a severe head injury or definitely was an NSA supercomputer.
Yeah but a fundamental component of human behavior is occasional irrationality.
I trust the guy's work - bitcoin, the technology, is revolutionary.
I don't trust certain fundamental/instinctive human behaviors.