An escalating tax on empty or infrequently used commercial and residential properties more generally would be a good way to improve the efficient allocation of scarce resources. Empty properties have… (View Post)

Training places strikes me as a win-win. Back in my day (15 years' ago now) it was incredibly hard to get a place to study medicine at University - much more so than it was to study maths, physi… (View Post)

From a liberal perspective, the need to identify as a gender irritates me. All sexes should be able to do whatever the hell they like, dress as they like and sleep with who they want. There is no nee… (View Post)

Regarding gender and children, I struggle to see what information a toddler can meaningfully convey about their gender identity. What does a boy or girl even mean to someone that age? Type of clothin… (View Post)

1. Does life exist outside of Earth? Certainly, the Universe is incomprehensibly large. 2. Will some of that life be intelligent? Again, yes, but probably only a small subset of planets hospitable to… (View Post)