If you place price caps on a product that are below the point where it is profitable for companies to sell it then they will simply stop stocking them in in their shelves. There is historical precedent, too.
frostbiker
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I agree that we need to incentivize the construction of more supply, but while adding supply takes a long time, reducing demand can be done with the stroke of a pen. Here are some ideas that can be implemented overnight:
- Singapore-style taxation of residential units sold to corporations, non-residents and people who already own a home.
- Yearly tax on residential units, offset by refundable tax credits. This means that only non-residents would pay this tax, discouraging foreign speculators.
- Switch from a property tax to a land value tax to discourage real estate hoarding. A land value tax encourages land to be used.
- Temporary reduction of immigration quotas of all kinds, to be progressively relaxed over time as specific housing targets are reached.
I get where you are coming from, and I certainly agree that it would take a great deal of evidence for any of these more complex explanations to take hold broadly. Concrete quantifiable evidence has been very lacking so far.
Now you say:
Read my comments, I’m not arguing the incident, I’m arguing against shitty clickbait.
Earlier you said (emphasis yours):
No info here other than some random-ass tweet claiming there had been an accident.
You can do better than this.
I agree it is, by far, the simplest explanation. Simplest explanation doesn't mean only explanation, and I prefer to not entirely dismiss other options just because they appear unlikely to me. Let's not forget the samples could be contaminated.
In this instance, after looking at the analysis that other folks have done of the MRI scans and x-rays, I am personally sufficiently satisfied with the hypothesis that these are dolls made with a hodgepodge of animal and human remains.
I would prefer to see more targeted measures to deter speculation, such as Singaporean-style heavy taxation of residential units owned by corporations, non-residents, and owners of multiple homes.
Also why use biological drones for a long journey instead of mechanical ones that are well suited to long hibernations and high radios environments?
That assumes that the biological drones are created before the travel begins. It also assumes that such biological drones are not suitable for long hibernations, while on Earth such species do exist. It also assumes that they only make biological drones or mechanical ones, but not both.
We don't know what we don't know, or how far technology can go, so it doesn't make sense to say "aliens can't do this because we can't" or "because we find it implausible".
Disclaimer: I think it is clear at this point that the these are dolls.
What are the odds an extraterrestrial being would have the exact same features as most mammals on earth?
Neither the presence of human DNA nor a humanoid anatomy necessarily determine that a species must have an evolutionary relationship with humans. If an advanced alien species had reached our planet long ago, they could have engineered a biological lifeform to interface with life on our planet, not entirely unlike we sometimes send animal-mimicking robots to a colony in order to study animal behavior.
Disclaimer: I think it is clear at this point that the these are dolls.
If it’s human (or another known organism) and only about 30% of it is unknown, then the organism has an evolutionary relationship to organisms in earth.
Neither the presence of human DNA nor a humanoid anatomy necessarily determine that a species must have an evolutionary relationship with humans. If an advanced alien species had reached our planet long ago, they could have engineered a biological lifeform to interface with life on our planet, not entirely unlike we sometimes send animal-mimicking robots to a colony in order to study animal behavior.
No pointing while crouched?
Half a century ago when abortions were illegal in Spain, rich families would send their unwed pregnant daughters to London to get an abortion. Working class families couldn't afford the trip, so lots of children were born to families that couldn't afford them.
Contraceptives were very limited and only available to married women with their husband's permission.
This all changed around the late seventies or early eighties.
Perhaps in fifty more years Poland will reach the late twentieth century.
For those wondering, this is what FSR means: