his demonstrations clearly prove he a scientist in the broadest sense Absolutely. And it's possible that the news just called him a "non-scientist" to play up

his demonstrations clearly prove he a scientist in the broadest sense Absolutely. And it's possible that the news just called him a "non-scientist" to play up the "random Michigan guy in his backyard" angle. Or, he may be a person who takes pride in the non-scientist label. It's a class thing. Not every practitioner of the Useful Arts thinks that it's a particularly great honor to be deemed a scientist. Some of them would rather take the opportunity to point out that construction workers, machinists, and technicians are pretty smart and have been doing this sort of thing, quietly but relentlessly, since the time of Stonehenge. This guy reminds me of one of my favorite engineers, Tim Hunkin: http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm