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  • This house, As Siripala would accept Elon Musk's Job offer

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    Siripala is a middle-aged Sri Lankan man living with his wife and a teenage child. He has been diagnosed with diabetes and, in addition, lost an arm in a brutal accident. This unfortunate event reduced his ability to work, leading to a significant decline in his family's income. The family now faces serious financial challenges. Despite his circumstances, Siripala has two potential opportunities ahead of him. One option is a traditional job that would not be impacted by his disability, allowing him to continue contributing to his family’s income and maintaining his current way of life. The other opportunity is a new offer from Elon Musk to be a Neuralink test subject, which will provide greater levels of monetary compensation but also comes with potential future health risks due to the unproven technology. Additionally, it would require him to be flown to the US, thereby sacrificing a sense of normalcy. Siripala will also be provided with a bionic arm and a job at one of Elon Musk's companies, contributing to society.

    Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-06

  • This house believes that all big tech companies should be provided unconditional immunity from civil prosecutions owing to concerns around regulating free speech globally (eg: Russia imposing a 20 decillion fee on Google for removing videos from YouTube made by Kremlin backed channels, Parler [a social media platform popular among conservative users] suing Amazon for deplatforming it post the Jan 6 capital riots in the USA, etc.)

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-12-02

  • This house supports the widespread usage of Tech Nagda

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    <div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">For the purposes of this debate, Tech Nagda is a technology that people who are about to complete 1 year of their romantic relationship can opt into to access the past self of their current romantic partner. This technology can only be used once by a person, and they can choose which part of their partner's life they wish to access</span></div>

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-02

  • This house believes that all big tech companies should be provided unconditional immunity from civil prosecutions owing to concerns around regulating free speech globally (eg: Russia imposing a 20 decillion fee on Google for removing videos from YouTube made by Kremlin backed channels, Parler [a social media platform popular among conservative users] suing Amazon for deplatforming it post the Jan 6 capital riots in the USA, etc.)

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Novice Semi-Finals · 2024-12-02

  • This house would answer ""yes""

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    You wake up in a plain white room. You are seated in a reclining chair with a steel contraption on your head. A woman in a white coat is standing over you. 'The year is 2659,' she explains, 'The life with which you are familiar is an experience machine program selected by you some forty years ago. We at AAP interrupt our client's programs at ten-year intervals to ensure client satisfaction. Our records indicate that at your three previous interruptions you deemed your program satisfactory and chose to continue. As before, if you choose to continue with your program you will return to your life as you know it with no recollection of this interruption. Your friends, loved ones, and projects will all be there. Of course, you may choose to terminate your program at this point if you are unsatisfied for any reason. We must inform you that this will be your final interruption Do you intend to continue with your program?

    Ljubljana IV 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-30

  • This house would publish the technology, rather than destroy it

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    You are a biologist at a university who spent their entire life researching gene editing, but has been skeptical about how often and where it should be used. You suddenly discover a technology which allows the editing of genes to an unprecedented degree. It would allow to modify any existing creature in any way we can imagine and to revive any previously extinct animal. Your wife, whom you have 2 children with, strongly opposes any form of gene modification, but has stayed with you because of your critical stance of when it should be used. You are certain that this technology will not be recreated by someone else.

    Amsterdam Open 2024 · Novice Brake · 2024-11-30

  • This house regrets the decrease in difficulty levels in AAA games

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    "The ""AAA"" gaming industry descirbes mid-sized and major developers and publishers with comparatively large production and marketing budgets. In recent times, the gaming community have started to accuse those AAA companies of making their games not challenging enough to experienced players, and catering more to casual players instead. This manifests in, for example, only allowing one particular way of passing a mission, or incluing an excessive amount of tips and hints for the player."

    Southampton Pro-Am 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-30

  • This house believes that the environmental movement should advocate for geo-engineering as a mechanism for addressing climate change as opposed to attempts to lower global CO2 emissions (e.g reduction of fosssil fuel usage)

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    Geo-engineering involves intentional, large-scale interventions in Earth's natural systems to counteract or reduce the impact of climate change and environmental issues. This manipulation on a global scale aims to achieve specific outcomes, such as redirecting solar radiation to diminish global warming or directly extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to lower greenhouse gas levels.

    UCL Winter Schools Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2024-11-25

  • This house supports the principle of proliferation in science

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    The Principle of Proliferation is a scientific theory that states that scientific progress is driven by the competition of a large number of theories. The theory's main idea is that there should be no restrictions on the types of theories that can compete. These include contested and controversialised scientific theories such as the heliocentric model of the solar system, the gay gene, and astrology etc.

    Imperial WGM Pro-Am 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-23