[sigmavirus24]

I must have read the article differently from you. I sensed there was a positive attitude towards him, but I didn't feel they were trying to say he had proven the theorem or was so brilliant no one else could grasp it. On the contrary, it seemed like they were saying "This person has been brilliant for quite some time, but this 'proof' seems entirely nonsensical even to the experts in the field."

So to me, that read more as, this is a curiosity that has a deep and interesting past and an even more interesting present.

> I wanted to present an alternative possibility which seems to be disregarded at the moment

That is entirely fair and valid. I just misread your comment as more along the lines of "Does no one else see how obvious it is that this guy is crazy?!" My fault.

> On the topic of Perelman

Yes I was already corrected. I couldn't remember with certainty whether he did or didn't. I thought he had, but then what I remembered about his personality made me reconsider that.