> Likely such is the understatement-ish way of a mathematician to say "This is clearly wrong, but I have not the time to dig in and find where exactly"
This is a statement of "If this thing has no other application, it isn't worth my time to dig through what is likely an impenetrable pile of garbage."
Basically, proof of the abc conjecture should have a bunch of follow on consequences. If those aren't materializing, that makes taking the time to understand the proof quite a bit less enticing (ie. the Bayesian prior on "true" goes down a lot).
This is a statement of "If this thing has no other application, it isn't worth my time to dig through what is likely an impenetrable pile of garbage."
Basically, proof of the abc conjecture should have a bunch of follow on consequences. If those aren't materializing, that makes taking the time to understand the proof quite a bit less enticing (ie. the Bayesian prior on "true" goes down a lot).