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  • This house believes that Developed Countries should heavily subsidize lab-grown meat.

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    "Traditional food production involves raising animals in farms where they are grouped into cattles, chicken, fish, pigs, etc. These large agricultural sectors are monitored closely by farmers and relevant professionals. A rising alternative of meat source, lab-grown meat is produced by culturing animal cells in a controlled environment without the need to raise and slaughter animals."

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Junior Octofinals · 2024-11-23

  • 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

  • This house, as an 18 year old, would remove the chip

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    From birth, individuals are implanted with a chip which has access to your thoughts, personality and preferences. The chip determines what is best for you based on this information e.g. romantic partner, your profession. At the age of 18 everyone is given one chance to remove the chip. If you remove it, you lose all the information it provided.

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house supports the widespread adoption of iForgor

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    iForgor is a technology that allows individuals to permanently forget specific memories of their choosing. The procedure is conducted under the supervision of a licensed healthcare professional, who ensures that users fully understand the risks and benefits. The technology has a 75% success rate, meaning complications can occur where the target memory may not be erased, and other memories might be altered or permanently forgotten instead. Only individuals aged 16 and above are permitted to use this technology. Its effects are irreversible

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that Developed Countries should heavily subsidize lab-grown meat.

    Infoslide

    "Traditional food production involves raising animals in farms where they are grouped into cattles, chicken, fish, pigs, etc. These large agricultural sectors are monitored closely by farmers and relevant professionals. A rising alternative of meat source, lab-grown meat is produced by culturing animal cells in a controlled environment without the need to raise and slaughter animals."

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house, as an average individual, W opt into the experience machine permanently

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    The Experience Machine is a device that simulates their life with any experiences the participant could ever want (eg. pure happiness, the experience of being in love, the experience of enjoying friendships, etc.). The participant cannot distinguish any difference between the simulated happiness and reality. The machine is guaranteed not to fail or break down. Once you plug into the machine, you cannot later opt out and return to Reality.

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that the US should implement the online news act

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    In 2023, Canada passed Bill C-18 or the online news act. This limited the bargaining power of news corporations and “digital news intermediaries” (in this case, social media and television companies) for the purpose of balancing the visibility and power held by major news sources (ie. CBC). As a response to this bill, companies like Meta (including Facebook and Instagram) has removed all Canadian news source accounts from their platforms.

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house supports the practice of shaming parents who raise iPad children

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    An iPad kid describes a child who is raised with an overreliance on technological devices (i.e. parents offering screentime to their children as an incentive to perform chores, infant tantrums being resolved with cocomelon videos)

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-23

  • This house prefers to live in a world where the memories of parents are inherited by their children.

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    For the purposes of this debate, the transmission of memories happens at the moment of the individual's parents' death. Only the memories directly experienced by the fathers and mothers are passed on, and not the memories of grandparents or other ancestors.

    Torneio Nacional de Debates 2024 · Semifinal Novice · 2024-11-21

  • This house prefers to live in a world where the memories of the parents are inherited by the children.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, the transmission of memories occurs at the moment of an individual’s parents' death. Only the memories directly experienced by the fathers and mothers are passed on, not the memories of grandparents or other ancestors.

    Torneio Nacional de Debates 2024 · Quartas de final · 2024-11-21

  • This house would heavily restrict the public distribution and accessibility of all Organoid Intelligence tech (e.g. Neuroplatform, etc)

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    In June 2024, tech company FinalSpark unveiled Neuroplatform, its bioprocessor tech made using real human brain cells. Neuroplatform is the first commercially-available development in "Organoid Intelligence", an emerging field aiming to create biological computers from human brain tissue for applications in machine learning, AI, neuroscience, etc. Academic consumers (researchers) may gain access to Neuroplatform and run experiments using its human brain processors by paying around $500 per month.

    National Debate Championship Hermosa 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-13

  • This House Prefers Izanagi handing over the blue scroll to the red scroll to the humans of Gliese 12.

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    Earth has ended, and humans have gone extinct. The deity, Izanagi, is tasked with the responsibility of restarting human civilization on Gliese 12 b, a carbon copy of Earth. Izanagi has a blue scroll and a red scroll. The blue scroll states: “Genuine knowledge is knowledge based on facts of nature, independent of experiences, value judgments, or preconceived notions.” The red scroll states: “Knowledge is relative and based on personal experiences and perceptions.” Either scroll will constitute the singular conception of truth for the new humans to make decisions on Gliese 12. Once Izanagi hands over the scroll, the humans of Gliese 12 will forget Izanagi’s existence.

    LSARIC Inter University Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-10

  • This house supports the actions of the Radical Technodystopian movement.

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    The Radical Technodystopian movement uses cyberattacks to advocate for the idea that rapid technological advancement is dangerous to society. The group employs system intrusions, data theft, communication interception, and exploitation of vulnerabilities to highlight the risks associated with these technologies.

    LSARIC Inter University Debating Championship 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-10

  • This house as the President of the United States would opt to destroy the alien ship.

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    For the purpose of this debate, you are the President of the United States. Satellites have discovered an Alien ship flying towards the Earth however the ship appears unarmed. Your military advisors tell you that you can destroy the ship with a nuclear defense system which ensures the complete destruction of the ship, destroying everything onboard.

    Athena: The Fundraiser Debate · Round 1 · 2024-11-08