He missed his real calling as a storyteller. The claims on IQ etc are what he told the publications; did they bother to check what they wer told?
Given the results he brings and those he's shooting for, Niagara's business community might well ask: how does one bake more John Bordynuiks? The recipe is not conventional. It calls for, among other things, business experience at an early age, a passion for robotics, big iron and untold numbers of blown fuses. It also helps to have an IQ that has been measured at 170 (a genius level higher than Einstein's).