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.