Who's Paying McKintyre

[rsmith7]

I'm half way through "The Hockeystick Illusion" and wondering how McKintyre is paying his bills whilst spending years debunking Mann's fantasy stick.
I imagine he's independently wealthy and gets paid for published articles?
I'd be happy to donate something to a man who's done the world such a service.

[marchesarosa]

Steven McIntyre is a retired mining consultant who latterly had a career in investigating the sometimes "over-optimistic" prospectuses placed before the public by mining companies anxious to relieve them of their money in return for shares in mining ventures that might not be quite as rosy as depicted. Because he is a gifted mathematician and statistician he is an excellent BS detector, which is why he made short shrift of Michael Mann et al.