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Mr. Bordynuik cited his lack of education in the area as an asset.

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And people actually bought it, amazing as that might seem. Comparisons to software and digital hardware hackers who become famous after having been school dropouts were the arguments used to convince suckers that Bordynuik's history of being a deadbeat failure was actually an advantage.

The difference of course is that accomplishing industry-revolutionizing engineering feats actually requires many years of formal education and relevant experience, along with a huge amount of talent that would be reflected in a lifetime track record of related achievements.

Bordynuik's story was laughable - he found a revolutionary catalyst that someone just forgot about, so he decided to build a revolutionary processor on top of that, claiming his complete lack of knowledge and education as giving him an advantage over all the thousands of real experts who failed achieve anything remotely close.