The point of the quote is to say that they don't know the answer either. So, yes.
Think of it as: we are all children when it comes to the ramifications of the proof of P vs NP. We do not know the impact; we cannot know the impact. We will know it when it arrives.
Think of it as: we are all children when it comes to the ramifications of the proof of P vs NP. We do not know the impact; we cannot know the impact. We will know it when it arrives.