The Joy of Curmudgeonry

“[Rajendra] Pachauri said the large number of contributors and rigorous peer review mechanism adopted by the IPCC meant that any bias would ...

As received and written down in the year 1850 by “Sauerteig”, aka Thomas Carlyle:— 1. The Universe, so far as sane conjecture can go, is a...

Apparently there has been much screeching by feminists in opposition to the establishment of so-called men’s societies at English universiti...

“We are no gods, but shortsighted men and must be content with finding out a little bit of truth in wading through a sea of errors,” wrote t...

“Central American nations will demand $US105 billion . . . from industrialised countries for damages caused by global warming, the region’s ...

“Is Society become wholly a bag of wind, then, ballasted by guineas?” Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets , No. V: May 1850: Stump-Orator...

“You cannot play fast and loose with England”, says Lord Hattersley, in a paean of new patriotism [1] , whereat Mr Laban Tall wonders whethe...

Now, my brethren in darkness, it is time to let a little of the light of reality into our dark existence, not so much as to put us to frigh...

Bruce G. Charlton, evolutionary psychiatrist, professor of theoretical medicine, and editor-in-chief of Medical Hypotheses , lays on a feast...

It is hoped under the impress of the mechanical philosophy that men will one day be able to look upon the world and explain all of its aspec...

“If that claim [about the nature of final causation] sounds obvious and trivial, then terrific: You’re starting to understand Aristotle and ...

“The aim of life is to pass on one’s genes”, says Mr Worstall, adding that “we are told by the scientists” that it is so. [1] Well, randy s...

“A young man is not a fit person to attend lectures on political science, because he is not versed in the practical business of life from wh...

“If one looks upon nature as a tutor, and us poor humans as listeners, then one is inclined to give room to a quite strange idea of mankind....

“This website is made up of old, grumpy, impotent men who pretend to be profound thinkers. How sad they are with their limited views of life...

“The best prediction that could have been made 20 years ago is that things can only get better. That’s also the best prediction that can be ...