It is said that Wiles first came across the statement of Fermat's Last Theorem in a popular math book. Who knows who might read this article/item and possibly

It is said that Wiles first came across the statement of Fermat's Last Theorem in a popular math book. Who knows who might read this article/item and possibly start working on it. More, people might read and understand this, and then pass it on to students as one of the current great mysteries in math and science. Who knows where it might go? To think otherwise is amazingly short-sighted.