> I didn't mean for a minute to imply that he was one Ok, fair enough. But I am trusting my gut instincts here. Not so much having read the paper, but reading

> I didn't mean for a minute to imply that he was one Ok, fair enough. But I am trusting my gut instincts here. Not so much having read the paper, but reading the way Ellenberg, Conrad, and Tao discuss the paper. To argue by analogy, if PG and Mark Zuckerberg both came out and said they were both intrigued by a new startup, that certainly wouldn't mean it was a shoo-in for success, but I imagine that VC's would be lining up to take that gamble. Please also keep in mind that Perelman's proof of the Poincare conjecture confused the hell out of everyone, and I think it was a couple of years before experts came to a consensus that it was correct. Of course, your pessimism could well be accurate. In any case, the consensus view in the mathematical community will be that ABC "may have been" proved (unless a mistake is found immediately). For better or worse, we are pretty damn cautious.