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  • This House Would establish a global science fund financed by an international tax.

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    The growing politicization cases like the Trump of science funding administration's as seen revocation in research grants to top universities . of Precedents UNITAID (airline tax for global health), the Green like Climate Fund (climate finance), and proposed Transaction Taxes show the potential for Financial internationally coordinated funding models .

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-04-11

  • This House Would implement a weekly 'blackout day'

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    A 'blackout day' refers to a day where all social media sites, streaming services, TV, internet, radio, and similar technologies are inaccessible for personal, non-emergency use. For example, one would still be able to call hospitals and banks but would not be able to watch downloaded Netflix series

    Nordic Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-07

  • A: This house believes that social media and communication platforms (e.g. Telegram, WhatsApp and Facebook) should actively cooperate with law enforcement in the crackdown of illegal activities on their platforms, even at the expense of undermining their encryption and privacy policies

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-04-05

  • That manufacturers of automated vehicles should invest more into developing and deploying fully self-driving cars over partial automation

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    Automated vehicles range from having basic driver assistance to full self-driving capabilities. Most cars with partial automation require an attentive human driver, even when the vehicle can steer, accelerate, and brake on its own. They may also allow drivers to disengage in limited and certain conditions. By contrast, fully self-driving cars operate without a human driver but are limited to designated areas. Currently, they are predominantly used to provide taxi services and private ownership of fully self-driving cars is limited and restricted.

    Macquarie Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-05

  • This House would keep the Akashic Records

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    The Akashic Records are a metaphysical archive containing every thought, memory, event, and future possibility of every being across all time. By pure chance, you have come across a laptop that grants readable access to these Records. While not difficult to use, you must search intentionally for information; knowledge is not given all at once or automatically. Due to their mystical nature, nothing you learn from them can ever be forgotten. You may choose to keep the Records or destroy them forever.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Grand Finals · 2025-04-05

  • This House Would upload their consciousness to the cloud at the point of death

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    Uploading one's consciousness to the cloud refers to the process of transferring a person's mind, thoughts, and identity into a digital space, allowing them to exist as a non-physical entity. Individuals who undergo this process lose all physical capabilities, including sensation and mobility, but can continue to think, communicate, and interact with the living through digital interfaces. This digital existence is persistent as long as the system supporting it remains functional and as long as others choose to engage with it.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Grand Finals · 2025-04-05

  • This house opposes blitzscaling as a strategy for startups

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    Blitzscaling is a strategy and set of techniques for driving and managing extremely rapid growth that prioritize speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty. It involves scaling as quickly as possible with the goal of taking market share and outpacing the competition.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Round 2 · 2025-04-05

  • B: This house believes that that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) should aggressively aim for global expansion

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    B: The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a Taiwanese private company that produces 80-90% of the world's most advanced semiconductor chips and currently supplies to major companies like Apple, Nvidia etc. While the central govt of Taiwan is its largest shareholder, the company is majority owned by multiple foreign investors. Since the late 2020s, TSMC has gradually opened chip factories in the US and Japan - although majority of the chip manufacturing continues to reside within Taiwan.

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • This house, as a young conventionally attractive woman, would use calliagnosia.

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    Calliagnosia is a hypothetical technology that disables the response to human beauty or ugliness. Users of calligosia do not have any aeshetic response to human features, though users can still recognize human features. The technology is easy to use, cheap, and 100% safe. It has no side effects on perceptions of non-human beauty.

    Harvard World Schools Tournament 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-04