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  • This house would take the pill

    Infoslide

    You are an individual that experiences extreme emotions. In periods where you are happy, you are incredibly productive, but in periods where you are sad, you find it difficult to do normal activities, constraining your ability to be completely functional. You are offered a pill that takes away your ability to feel extreme emotion, including both extreme sadness and extreme happiness. The effects of this pill are irreversible.

    Birmingham ESL · Novice Final · 2020-11-22

  • During a pandemic this house would prohibit governments from pursuing projects and policies not directly tied to solving for or mitigating the harms of a pandemic.

    2020 Canada Debating Cup · 3 · 2020-11-19

  • This house regrets the Nobel Prizes

    Infoslide

    Nobel Prizes are given out in the fields of physics chemistry medicine literature and peace. They are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields. They are awarded 'to those who during the preceding year have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind'. In the past the Nobel Prizes have received critiques for ignoring contributions from gender and racial minorities.

    Western High Schools Fall 2020 · Junior Semis · 2020-11-07

  • This house regrets the characterisation of a set of typical moods as 'normal' and mood disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety) as 'abnormal'

    Malaysia AW*DC · Open Semis · 2020-10-30

  • This house would routinely disclose information about high rates of adverse events to patients seeking care in Canadian hospitals.

    Infoslide

    An adverse event is an event preventable or non-preventable that caused harm to a patient as a result of medical care. According to “The Canadian Adverse Events Study” the incidence rate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals is estimated to be 7.5%. Many people see this as an alarming figure.

    CUSID British Parliamentary Championships 2020 · 4 · 2020-10-28

  • This house would REDUCE THE PRISON SENTENCES OF CONVICTS OF SERIOUS CRIMES IF THEY VOLUNTEER FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BUT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

    SIDO 2020 · 1 · 2020-10-23

  • In times of pandemics, this house would significantly lower the minimum safety and efficacy standards required for the approval of treatments and vaccines * including but not limited to measures such as: waiving medium-term and long-term safety testing, accepting drugs that do not yet show superior outcomes compared to existing treatments, allowing more severe side effects than those that are usually permitted

    Effective Altruism Championship · 4 · 2020-10-23

  • This house would allow concenting adults to use the device on themselves.

    Infoslide

    There exists a device that can ensure its user does not ever experience romantic love again. this process is irreversible.

    NTU Pro-Ams 2020 · 4 · 2020-10-16

  • That we support the End of Life Bill

    Infoslide

    New Zealanders are currently voting on a referendum as to whether they support the End of Life Choice Bill. The Bill would create a regime for assisted suicide. It is tightly restricted: the person must suffer from a terminal illness that is likely to end their life within six months, have significant and ongoing decline in physical capability, experience unbearable suffering that cannot be eased, and be able to make an informed decision about assisted dying. A person would not be able to choose assisted dying if their reason for the choice is mental illness, nor if their reason is because of a disability, nor if their reason is simply that they’re old. Requests must come from the individual (they do not have to consult with their family). A person’s doctor and an independent doctor must agree that the person meets all the criteria. If either doctor is unsure of the person’s ability to make that decision, a psychiatrist needs to assess the person.

    Auckland Rumble · Open Final · 2020-10-09

  • This house would support Human Challenge Trials being used to advance medical research

    Infoslide

    Human Challenge trials involve intentionally exposing people to illnesses in order to test vaccinations or treatments. this method has been successful for advancing research in certain diseases in the past i.e cholera, typhoid, and malaria.

    Wolce Pre-ABP · 4 · 2020-09-19

  • This house would take the pill

    Infoslide

    You are an individual that suffers from extreme emotions, which has significantly impacted your ability to live a normal life. In periods where you are happy, you are incredibly productive, but in periods where you are sad, you find it difficult to do normal activities, constraining your ability to be completely functional. You are offered a pill that takes away your ability to feel extreme emotion, including both sadness, but also other emotions such as love for your family. The effects of this pill are irreversible.

    BDC Fempowerment 2020 · Open Final · 2020-09-18

  • This house, as the parents of Jodie and Mary, would separate the twins

    Infoslide

    Jodie and Mary were conjoined twins (i.e. twins physically joined together), conjoined at the hip. Jodie was much stronger than Mary; Jodie's heart was essentially pumping blood for Mary's body. The health of both twins was very poor during infancy, due mostly to Mary's weak body. Doctors estimate that the twins were likely to die if left joined, but if they were surgically separated, Mary would definitely die immediately, and Jodie would go on to live a normal life.

    Delta Womxn's Open 2020 · Open Final · 2020-09-12

  • That we would aggressively and competitively fund CRISPR

    Infoslide

    Gene editing is the process of scientists editing the genome by adding, altering or removing genome segments at particular points in the DNA. CRISPR is a form of gene editing that is faster and cheaper than all those that came before it. CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system in bacteria. The bacteria capture snippets of DNA from invading viruses and use them to create DNA segments known as CRISPR arrays. The CRISPR arrays allow the bacteria to 'remember' the viruses (or closely related ones). If the viruses attack again, the bacteria produce RNA segments from the CRISPR arrays to target the viruses' DNA. The bacteria then use Cas9 or a similar enzyme to cut the DNA apart, which disables the virus.

    Karachi Debate Open · Open Quarters · 2020-09-05

  • That, as the fertility doctor, we would tell the young woman the truth.

    Infoslide

    You are a fertility doctor in Miami with an alcohol problem. After discovering that your wife was having an affair, you relapse and accidentally artificially inseminate a young woman with the sperm of your own (rich, attractive) brother. You know that the woman will believe she has been visited by immaculate conception and will be well supported by her community.

    Pop Culture Grand Prix · 4 · 2020-09-04

  • Instead of leaving the decision up to the producing company, this house would legally require that Self-Driving Cars produced by companies always choose to maximise the number of lives saved, even if it leads to the death of the passengers

    Infoslide

    The 'trolley problem' in self driving cars arises when a car is unavoidably going to crash and lead to some loss of life. In these cases, the system may be able to choose different actions (e.g: choosing which direction to crash into) that lead to diffrent groups of individuals losing their lives. For example, an AI might steer the car off the road in an attempt to save the passengers, killing pedestrians in the process.

    East Coast Asians · Novice Final · 2020-08-15