It's true there is no global warming

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[–]weavilsatemyface[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What actually happened was that crackpot geologist Tim Ball applied to the court to have the defamation case against him dropped due to (1) his age and ill-health, and (2) delays from the Michael Mann team, and the court agreed that instead of hearing the case on its merits, they would drop it as an act of mercy on a sick old man.

Hilariously, part of Ball's defence was that, and I quote, his claims are “given no credibility by the average, reasonable reader”. In other words, Ball's defence is that his claims about Mann are so idiotic that no reasonable person will believe them, and that's why it's not defamation.

(Ball attempted the same defence when he was sued by Andrew Weaver for defamation, only that time it didn't work. The appeals court agreed that his views were idiotic and not based on any actual science, but were still defamatory.)

The court agreed that due to Ball's age and ill health, they will drop the case. That is all.

By the way, it is a total, 100% lie that Mann has not released his data. Here it is, and it has been available for more than a decade.

[–]CreditKnifeMan 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wrong again.

The court order Mann to provide the data that was used in his study.

If the data was legit, then he would have surely provided it.
Assuming he had nothing to hide.

Clearly, Mann had something to hide.

Mann brought the lawsuit, and then was too cowardly to attempt to prove his own case in court.

The public is expected to believe the "science" when they are using secret data.

Climate science comedy writes itself. It's a joke.