First off, I think it is all a joke from someone just wanting to have a last laugh. Here is an excerpt: "First up, the former engineer admits he never earned the advanced degree from the University of Utah that gained him entrance to his chosen professional career: "What happened was that the day I went to pay off my college student loan at the U of U, the girl working there put my receipt into the wrong stack, and two weeks later, a PhD diploma came in the mail. I didn't even graduate, I only had about 3 years of college credit. In fact, I never did even learn what the letters 'PhD' even stood for."" From Utah man