Seems quite the opposite. The article says most mathematicians have well-established lines of research and are disinclined to devote years to understanding a di

Seems quite the opposite. The article says most mathematicians have well-established lines of research and are disinclined to devote years to understanding a different specialization. The mathematicians who are trying to understand the proof are described as young, up-and-coming mathematicians with little to lose and a lot to prove (and an opportunity to potentially get in on the ground floor of a new theoretical framework -- "inter-universal geometry")