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  • This house would donate their brain

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    The year is 2500, and surgeons have figured out how to transplant brains. They can be transplanted from someone who dies of body-related causes to someone who dies of brain-related causes. Consciousness is transferred when a brain is transplanted. For example, if your brain is transplanted, you would wake up in someone else’s body

    Mcmaster High Schools 2025 · Junior Final · 2025-03-22

  • This house would press the button

    Infoslide

    A button has been created that would allow all people existing presently and henceforth to live forever, even through injury and sickness, until they actively wish to cease living. Once pressed, the effects cannot be reversed.

    NTU DC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-22

  • This House Prefers a world where drug regulatory bodies (e.g. FDA, EMA, MHRA) only evaluate whether pharmaceuticals (e.g. treatments, medicines, vaccines) are safe, but not whether they are effective

    Vitark 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-21

  • This house prefers a universe where humanity is the only sentient and intelligent species, to a universe where intelligent and sentient species are abundant and frequent in every sector of the universe

    Vitark 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-21

  • This house supports the transition of media coverage of sports to social media (e.g. athletes promoting themselves on social media, sports associations streaming games for free online) at the expense of traditional sports journalism (e.g. televising of games on TV, journalists providing long-form features of athletes)

    Ashoka University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-21

  • This house regrets the reinstatement of Sam Altman

    Infoslide

    On November 17, 2023, the CEO of OpenAI (the company that made Chatgpt, DALL-E etc.) fired their CEO Sam Altman due to alleged concerns about his handling of artificial intelligence safety, and allegations of abusive behavior. This also led to the removal of the OpenAI president Greg Brockman. However, shortly after, he was reinstated on November 22nd due to massive pressure from OpenAI employees and Investors, some of which threatened to leave the company in Sam's absence.

    Ashoka University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-21

  • This house opposes the rise of "anti aging technology" firms

    Infoslide

    Anti-aging technology refers to scientific advancements, medical treatments, and biotechnological innovations designed to slow, prevent, or reverse the aging process at a biological, cellular, or cosmetic level. This includes interventions that target age-related diseases, improve skin health, and enhance overall longevity.

    Ashoka University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-21

  • This house believes that all individuals should have the right to be forgotten

    Infoslide

    The right to be forgotten is the right to have private information about a person be removed from public Internet searches and other publicly accessible directories. The state still maintains crime and sentencing directories.

    Vitark 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-21

  • This house believes that the shift from long-cycle development into short-cycle development in technology and engineering has done more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    In the 2000s, following the rise of the software industry, many industries shifted their development models to have far shorter cycles, reducing the timespan between the inception of a project to its completion where it would be launched or commercially available.

    Ashoka University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-21

  • This house opposes the use of Pink Glasses technology.

    Infoslide

    "Pink Glasses" are glasses that block any object or image that triggers unpleasant emotions to the person wearing them. For example, if a person finds sexualized advertisements, certain art or even homeless people unpleasant, they will not see them when wearing the glasses. The technology is affordable and widely accessible.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Grand Final · 2025-03-20

  • This house believes that the U.S. should completely ban animal testing

    Infoslide

    Traditional U.S. law required animal testing, such as on rats, dogs, and monkeys, before new drugs could be used in human clinical trials. In 2020, President Biden signed a new law that permits the use of alternative testing methods. Pharmaceutical companies can now choose to avoid animal testing when developing new drugs and still receive certification by using advanced techniques, which have been rapidly developed recently, such as computer modeling and organ chips.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド3 · 2025-03-15

  • This house prefers a world LA

    Infoslide

    Love Alarm refers to an app that sounds an alarm when someone who likes you approaches you. When a person who has a crush on you approaches in a 10-meter radius, an alarm will sound to inform you of their existence. A world LA has a norm where most people subscribe to Love Alarm and are triggered by this app to start a romance.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · Rookie Finals · 2025-03-15

  • This house prefers a world with the Arkangel.

    Infoslide

    'Arkangel' is a futuristic technology which involves implanting a device into a child's brain, allowing parents to monitor their child's location and vital signs in real-time. Additionally, parents can use a tablet to see through the child's eyes, censor disturbing or sensitive images and events, and track their emotional state. The technology also enables parents to set boundaries and restrictions on what the child sees and experiences, effectively controlling their environment. Parents can choose to remove the device at any time with no repercussions to the child.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (J) · Round 3 · 2025-03-15