Michael Mann gets hammered in court over deficiencies in his Hockey Stick analysis

Professor Michael Mann took an enormous hammering in court over the deficiencies in his Hockey Stick analysis.
He is suing Mark Steyn (and Rand Simberg) for defamation after they called his graph a fraud. Just listen to Simberg’s lawyer Victoria Weatherford demolish him: 

Mann said he did not gather the data for the Hockey Stick.
He handled the statistics that showed flat temps for 1000 years and a sudden recent warming and tried desperately to avoid admitting he was not qualified in statistics. 

W your PHD is not in statistics?
MANN My PHD is in geology and geo ‘s a
broad field involves science data analysis. There’s
lot of statistics I took course work in statistics
during my PHD program

W Yes or no? Your PHD is not in statistics? MANN: It’s in geology & geophysics
W:That’s a no, it’s not in statistics
MANN: Obviously No. 

And then Mann tried to deny, not very convincingly, that he failed to consult a professional statistician when constructing the Hockey Stick graph – possibly the most influential graph of the 20th century. 

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Yet another example of how bad ‘The Science’ is. Wherever you look our usurpers get it wrong, apparently deliberately, and then use that to steal and oppress. Mann is another silver tongue who maybe does not think so clearly.

Leaving Mann aside, I believe self-deception is a trait with both genetic and cultural roots. A person who can self-deceive will always be better at deceiving others and/or getting their way than a person who is resolutely honest and never self-deceives and never tries to deceive others. Nice guys finish last (unless they become monks). Deception and self-deception are major factors in who controls the world, who speaks for the controllers, and who wants to speak for them. In today’s world, there are trillions of dollars at stake. So we should expect to see most, if not all, prominent speakers adept at self- and other-deception. Historically, parasitic cultures and subcultures have not just used self- and other-deception, they have also trained themselves and their children in this devious art. This is a huge factor in our world today since every major topic is rife with deception on more levels than one. ABN