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As an inventor of various things, who once was a member of the Canadian
Research and Development Corporation, I am well aware of the problems
that face the rank amature with no credentials. During the early 60's
I invented a special drinking cup to be used with the Iron Lung. I had
an engineer tell me that it was a great feat of engineering because the
concept was so simple and yet a sound principle. Unfortunately it was
too late to be of use,as the Iron Lung was on it's way out. But in order
to produce the cup for testing by the hospitals I had to research the
plastics industry in order for me to find the right type that would go
in the autoclave to be sterilized. Then I had to research methods and
companies to produce it. A lot of legwork and research was involved in
that also. Later I invented a new form of bandage. This also was
researched and met with approval wherever I showed it to the medical world.
The first failed because of lack of knowledge about the latest in medical
techniques and lack of money to put it on the open market as a child's
drinking cup. The second one failed because of pressure from the huge
Companies that sell bandages, since mine was reusable for the hospitals.
So it didn't surprise me a bit when I read about a rank amateur who has
come up with a fireproof coating that he invented in his garage. He tried
to get paint companies to give him an interview and they wrote him off.
All but one that is. This man will go on to make as much money as Bill
Gates ever did. It will save lives. And that is the important thing about
it.
What interested me about this mans story was what one owner of a huge
paint company did when he found out that the man had been turned down
by his company exec's and so he lost out on millions of dollars in the
future, was to go through his personal files on his staff of inventors
and discovered that the one with the most university credentials as an
engineer, had not contributed to their patents for five years! And the
person in his company who had contributed to the most patents up to that
time was an ordinary worker with no degrees. So that man is now taking
a better, longer look at how he hires men. University degrees may look
good on a resume but that doesn't mean a thing really. People get degrees
in a number of ways and they are not all because of intelligence.
In reading about the patent business I discovered that over 80 percent
of the worlds patents that made it where by men without University degrees
at all! Most of the world you live in was invented by those without any
higher education, but with the ability to think, dream, and work at it
until they got it right. And against all the rules set up by the
scientific community who love to hold everyone back in the past.