In the maths, he could be a genius or a crackpot genius. But I
would read it for the same reason as aaa f I was so inclined:
I'd use it as a source for possible analogies, for even of the
math turns out to be fs 's conclusion that he is making it up as
he goes along (which unfortunately is the direction I'm tending
to think as well), nevertheless, it can be a rich source for
metaphor and analogy in other fields. That's what's nice about
metaphors/analogies: They're not perfectly equivalent, so the
source material is quite rich.
