Jules Siegel, Pynchon's college friend and roommate, once wrote that "...you have to accept the fact that Tom’s grasp of things that he glibly sets down as if he were a master of the material is usually quite superficial, based on reading anything from, say, Bible Comics to learned journals. This is not a criticism, but a description."
Of course, Siegel was maybe not the most reliable informant, given that Pynchon also famously slept with his wife.
Of course, Siegel was maybe not the most reliable informant, given that Pynchon also famously slept with his wife.