On the face of it Dukie it is hard to argue with you.
As a joe soaper with no technological nous I have, over the last 20yrs or so, been sceptical and dismissive of practically every technological advancement until it was in my face and then I have accepted it all. Including bitcoin, which I dismissed out of hand numerous times before I even thought of considering it.
So, I figured, perhaps I need to change my way of thinking and look at the things from the perspective of those who are advancing these technological advancements, ie - tech heads.
This is their era, their time, they are on the trajectory of engineering our societies from remote apps to manage home heating and security, to intricate heart surgergy and disease detection and eradication. To designing a multitude of better, more efficient things that we use everyday.
We are catapulting into the digital era, from the internet, to skype and FB, from wifi to nano technology, from driverless cars to - the elephant in the room - artifical intelligence.
If you believe that the digital era is upon us, if you believe in nano technology, quantum physics (without necessarily understanding any of it) then you have to accept that a digital currency is not only possible, but inevitable.
I read about the AI bot that became the best chess player ever in the space of four hours, equipped only with the rules of the game. This is distinct from previous 'super' computers that were armed with databases of thousands of games and positions - and still got beaten by Kasparov!
I have always been highly sceptical of the ability of Satoshi Nakamoto to remain anonymous all this time. Particularly as the original paper is written in the plural form, 'we'. If it is more than one, the probability of someone talking increases with each extra member of the group.
Alternatively, perhaps Satoshi is AI? Perhaps the bots have figured a calculation that replaces the fiat system, and, an algorithm that will eventually encroach into all our lives despite our scepticism?