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  • This house regrets the rise of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.

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    Facial recognition technology (FRT) uses software to detect and analyze distinctive facial features, then match them against digital image databases. In recent years, law enforcement agencies worldwide have increasingly adopted this technology to identify individuals, track persons of interest, and search for suspects by scanning feeds from public cameras or body-worn devices. The technology often relies on large datasets, which can include images drawn from public spaces, social media, and other sources.

    Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-01-18

  • This house prefers a world where everyone has widespread access to the SHLA

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    The Shart House Liar Alarm (SHLA) is a device that plays a visible and audible alert to everyone when the speaker in a conversation is making a false statement.

    Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Open Finals · 2025-01-18

  • This house would heavily prioritize Innovation over Research for Scientific Training in the Philippines

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    For the purpose of this debate, Innovation refers to the production of Intellectual Property (Patents, Utility models, etc.) in accordance with the Intellectual Property Code, and development of new products or processes of manufacturing. Examples include the Galansiyang startup developing drones for reforestation seed planting, and the Ginhawa ReliefVent Ventilator. Research refers to scientific investigations into the basic properties of phenomena (i.e. string theory, statistical mechanics, biophysics, etc.) for the purpose of generating knowledge and publications in scientific journals. Scientific training includes, but is not limited to, undergraduate and graduate degrees in scientific and technological fields (i.e physics, chemistry, agriculture, computer science, etc.) as well as research programs.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · Quarterfinals · 2025-01-17

  • Assuming the technology exists, This house, as a struggling Middle-Class Filipino, would choose to sell their Intelligence

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    Intelligence is a quantifiable resource measured by cognitive ability, problem-solving skills, creativity, and knowledge retention. Every individual starts with the same intellectual capacity but earning intelligence depends on the decisions and opportunities you choose to take in life. Advanced technology enables intelligence to be transferred and stored among individuals, to the point that there are intelligence exchange systems where it is bought and sold.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · Grand Final · 2025-01-17

  • This house supports the popular use of platonic AI companions.

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    Several companies utilise AI to simulate a virtual friendship experience (e.g. Replika, Pi AI, Woebot etc). These apps can engage in conversations, respond to messages, share secrets, provide advice or emotional support, and exhibit behaviors that simulate a friendly relationship.

    Eunoia Debating Championships 2025 · Plate Finals · 2025-01-17

  • This House Supports the increased use of embodied cognition theory to explain social trends and individual human behavior. Info: In the cognitive sciences,embodied cognition is the idea that the body is essential to human cognition. lt suggests that high-level cognitive functions, such as reasoning, judgment, and category formation are heavily affected by physical states. These physical states include (but are not limited to): hormone levels, nutrition, sensory experiences, general fitness, and

    NHSDLC British Parliamentary Open 2025 · 赛4 · 2025-01-17

  • This house prefers a world where the PNRI was mandated to heavily prioritize Nuclear Energy Development

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    The Philippine Nuclear Research Institution is the sole government agency under DOST mandated to promote, advance, and regulate safe and peaceful applications of nuclear science in the Philippines since 1958. This involves providing facilities and services for the following fields of research: Nuclear Physics, Food and Agriculture, Health and Medicine, Materials Science, and Nuclear Energy.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · High School Quarterfinals · 2025-01-17

  • This house would heavily prioritize Innovation over Research for Scientific Training in the Philippines

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, Innovation refers to the production of Intellectual Property (Patents, Utility models, etc.) in accordance with the Intellectual Property Code, and development of new products or processes of manufacturing. Examples include the Galansiyang startup developing drones for reforestation seed planting, and the Ginhawa ReliefVent Ventilator. Research refers to scientific investigations into the basic properties of phenomena (i.e. string theory, statistical mechanics, biophysics, etc.) for the purpose of generating knowledge and publications in scientific journals. Scientific training includes, but is not limited to, undergraduate and graduate degrees in scientific and technological fields (i.e physics, chemistry, agriculture, computer science, etc.) as well as research programs.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · High School Quarterfinals · 2025-01-17

  • This house supports the development of genetic engineering

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    Genetic engineering (also called genetic modification) is a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism. This may involve changing a single base pair, deleting a region of DNA or adding a new segment of DNA. For example, genetic engineering may involve adding a gene from one species to an organism from a different species to produce a desired trait. Used in research and industry, genetic engineering has been applied to the production of cancer therapies, brewing yeasts, genetically modified plants and livestock, and more. Currently, genetic engineering is being worked on by scientists in order to be applied on humans in the womb.

    English College Open 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-01-17

  • This house prefers a world where the PNRI was mandated to heavily prioritize Nuclear Energy Development

    Infoslide

    The Philippine Nuclear Research Institution is the sole government agency under DOST mandated to promote, advance, and regulate safe and peaceful applications of nuclear science in the Philippines since 1958. This involves providing facilities and services for the following fields of research: Nuclear Physics, Food and Agriculture, Health and Medicine, Materials Science, and Nuclear Energy.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · Quarterfinals · 2025-01-17

  • This house would date them anyway

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    There's a technology that enables people to erase all of their memories from a person in their lives. Before doing so, they are required to record in detail the history of their relationship with that person and the reasons for wanting to forget them. Recently, you began dating someone incredible with whom you feel a deep connection you have never experienced before with anyone else. Surprisingly, you both receive recordings that reveal to you that you have already been in a relationship in the past and you both chose to break up and delete the memories. The recording is both sweet as well as painful memories.

    The 17th Christ University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-01-17

  • This house regrets the prominence of SCOPUS-centrism in Philippine Academia

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    SCOPUS refers to the Elsevier owned database which indexes scientific journals based on criteria such as Journal Policy (Type of peer review, diversity of editors, etc.), Content (Quality and Contribution to the field), and Readability (Using English language). Due to its reputation, SCOPUS has become a metric for the prestige and robustness of a university's output, used in rankings such as the THE World University rankings, among others. SCOPUS-Centrism refers to the incentivizing of researchers by Research Institutions to pursue SCOPUS publications via: financial incentives for authors, criteria for career and educational progression, and funding the development of journals aimed at being indexed by SCOPUS.

    6th Mindanao Novice Cup · High School Quarterfinals · 2025-01-17

  • This house would allow convicted criminals to opt for the Cognify Prison Model as an alternative to serving their prison sentence

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    Cognify is a prison model where offenders are sent into Matrix-style pods in a high-tech facility. There, they are fitted with headsets that implant artificial memories from the victim's perspective (while the crime took place, its aftermath etc.) directly into their brains. This process, intended to last only a few minutes, exists to impose physical and psychological suffering on individuals. However, it does not impose direct physical harm.

    Winter Debate Symposium 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-01-11

  • This house prefers a world wherein people could opt to be Severed

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    Severance is a procedure by which people totally split their consciousness into two while retaining a singular physical form — an “innie” which goes to work and an “outie” which goes about their regular life (family, hobbies, etc.). Both versions know of each others’ existence but not about what the other does. Severance is permanent for as long as the person remains employed in the job they underwent Severance for.

    CIDA Novice Cup 2025 · College Grandfinals · 2025-01-11

  • TH. as Vie, would use the remote

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    You are Vie, a mid-level architect in your mid-30s, married with two children. You struggle to balance a demanding career with family life but dream of achieving success and financial security for your loved ones. One evening, overwhelmed, you encounter a mysterious man who offers you a remote control that can manipulate time and reality. With it, you can skip unpleasant moments or fast-forward through challenges, making your path to success smoother and less stressful. However, every use of the remote causes you to lose the personal growth, and emotional connections tied to the skipped moments.

    CIDA Novice Cup 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-11

  • This house prefers a World where humanity had genetic memory.

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    For purpose of the debate, The "Ancestry Recall Gene" is a gene that activates once the brain has reached maturity. The ancestry recall gene passes down memories, experiences, and knowledge from one generation to the next through genetic inheritance. This means offspring are born with pre-existing knowledge or instincts, not learned through experience but encoded in their DNA, without needing direct learning.

    Motilal Nehru British Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-01-06