Also, that is quite a remarkable and provocative statement given that Andrew Wiles is still very much alive.
I do agree with Buzzard that it's hard to be sure. I've definitely read papers where a critical argument isn't well written or what is written seems wrong. However, if there are low-level errors, I suspect that with some work things could be patched up.
And finally from the beginning of math people misunderstand their on theorems, doesn t mean that there students won t do better.
If someone said, "nobody dead or alive understands all the details of Windows" I doubt anyone here would find it controversial. It's too big to fit in one person's head.