That's okay, MR. Cameron...

..cause we know you're no genius either

Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

 So why would BP be interested in Mr. Cameron's help in the first place?  I mean what are his qualifications?

Cameron, the director of "Avatar" and "Titanic," has worked extensively with robot submarines and is considered an expert in undersea filming.

Undersea filming?  OH wait, we've already go those...

So you know how to drive a robot submarine, Mr. Cameron.. and that means...?

"BUPKUS!".  Heck, I can use a computer fairly well, but I sure as heck would have no clue on how to make the chips and such for them.... But hey, I'm knowledgable about something!   IBM needs me to work on their supercomputers!

"I know really, really, really smart people that work typically at depths much greater than what that well is at," Cameron said.

The BP oil spill off the U.S. Gulf Coast is located a mile below the surface.

While acknowledging that his contacts in the deep-sea industry do not drill for oil, Cameron said that they are accustomed to operating various underwater vehicles and electronic optical fiber systems.

"Most importantly," he added, "they know the engineering that it requires to get something done at that depth."

 Right.. and the engineers at BP are people who what?  Got their engineering degrees out of a cereal box?