Not only that, but the guy also talks of how he was able to appreciate the finer points of graduate level mathematics when he was 16. We're either dealing with another Terry Tao here or he has delusions of grandeur. I'll let you decide which one is more likely. I'm far from being a genius myself, but from spending a few years at research labs I know a few people who could legitimately claim to be genius material. Never in a million years will you find them beating their chest about their intellectual capacity or sophistication.
It was an expression of creativity one might have if they spend the entirety of their time on something, and how a good deal of that is lost when you have to tend to adult life. There was absolutely no judgment on the value of the work. It’s neither Tao-level math nor delusional mumbo-jumbo.
