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  • Assuming feasibility, This house would wire all humans with synesthesia.

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    Synesthesia is a phenomenon that causes sensory crossovers, such as tasting colors, feeling sounds or seeing emotions. Some people describe it as having “wires crossed” in their brain because it activates two or more senses when there's only a reason for one sense to activate.

    Saigon Debating Championship 2024 - Eng · Round 5 · 2024-06-16

  • This house regrets the rise of micro-celebrities.

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    Niche internet micro celebrities are people online who are known to a small but often dedicated group and they represent a growing variant of the attention economy. Online fame is a consequence for a niche internet micro celebrity, never the goal. They rarely make money from their social accounts, choosing instead to post for the fun of it. They commonly gain fame on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, etc.

    Saigon Debating Championship 2024 - Eng · Round 1 · 2024-06-16

  • We would choose to be born in World X instead of the current world.

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    World X is a world inhabited by only one group of people. In this world, there is no existence or development of science and technology. The people have basic food security, there are no climate change-related disasters, and there is no war. The inhabitants here adhere to one type of culture, the same religion, the same language, and the same race.

    Saigon Debating Championship 2024 - Viet · Grand Final · 2024-06-15

  • This house believes that the state should ban the research, production, and use of moral enhancement drugs

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    In the recent years, scientists have discovered various chemicals in the brain that influence people's moral behavior. There is now a significant amount of research being conducted to develop "moral enhancement drugs" that can modify the levels of these chemicals. These drugs have been found to increase individuals' empathy and altruistic behavior, as well as their ability to resist societal pressures that conflict with their personal and ethical beliefs.

    2nd Butuan Intervarsity · Open Grandfinals · 2024-06-14

  • Assuming a future where decentralized currencies and finances become viable, secure, and stable (to the same degree as modern regular currencies and finances), This house prefers decentralized finances and currencies to replace regular state currencies and finances

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    Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a technology-driven financial system that operates without traditional intermediaries like brokerages, exchanges, or banks to provide services such as loans, currencies, and investments. Examples of DeFi include using crypto wallets instead of bank accounts, cryptocurrencies in place of government-backed currencies like the USD, and smart contract loans directly between individuals rather than through a bank.

    North Luzon British Parliamentary · Round 2 · 2024-06-08

  • This House would ban online platforms (eg, Google, Amazon) from self-preferencing

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    Self-preferencing refers to a platform favouring its own products and services over those of third parties that operate on the platform. For example, this looks like Google placing Google Flights at the top of Google Search.

    Untitled Pre-Glasgow Competition · Round 5 · 2024-06-08

  • This house would replace 'real world' prison incarceration with simulated incarceration.

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    "For the purposes of this debate, there exists a safe technology which can accurately simulate the experience of being in prison. A person within the simulation will experience the simulation as fully real, including time passing slowly as in ""real life"", while not interacting with others in the ""real world"". In reality, even a long sentence in the simulation will be done in a matter of days"

    Northern Region Interschool Debate Championship 2024 · Open Final · 2024-06-08

  • This house supports the revival of TCM

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    In 1954 the Chinese Ministry of Health (CMoH) began a series of programmes to revive and study the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in China. Examples of TCM include herbal medicine and acupuncture. The field has not been extensively researched before, with some practices described as psuedoscientific and dangerous.

    Northern Region Interschool Debate Championship 2024 · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-06-08

  • This house supports the use of scientific shortcuts for medical crises

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    Scientific shortcuts are methods that are conducted without a series of studies nor research. These practices are becoming more common in the medical industry as medical researchers and/or scientists desperately seek a cure or a solution to address urgent medical concerns, even with the risk of unknown side effects. (i.e., the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic)

    North Luzon British Parliamentary · Novice Semifinals · 2024-06-08

  • This house believes that the AI race does more harm than good

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    The AI race refers to the competitive pursuit among nations, corporations, and research institutions to develop advanced artificial intelligence technologies. Tech giants Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta have been racing towards AI development by heavily prioritising it within their companies. Examples of efforts to prioritise it include rebranding, and restructuring departments in order to give more resources to AI development teams

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-07

  • This house believes that the AI race does more harm than good

    Infoslide

    The AI race refers to the competitive pursuit among nations, corporations, and research institutions to develop advanced artificial intelligence technologies. Tech giants Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta have been racing towards AI development by heavily prioritising it within their companies. Examples of efforts to prioritise it include rebranding, and restructuring departments in order to give more resources to AI development teams

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-06-07

  • This house supports the adoption of 'altmetrics' in assessing scholarly articles

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    Alternative metrics, or Altmetrics, are measures of research impact that attempt to assess the wider societal impact of scholarly works by measuring non-academic sources, such as the level of engagement a specific study receives on non-academic online platforms (e.g. number of mentions/likes/reach of a study on podcasts, videos, social media). The current measure for assessing the value of scholarly articles is the Impact Factor (IF), which measures the frequency of citations by other published work.

    Shanghai International Debate Open 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-06-02

  • This House Opposes the patent system

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    The patent system grants inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a limited period, usually 20 years from the filing date, in exchange for publicly disclosing their invention. After patents expire, the inventions can be freely used."

    Napredni x WSDC 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-06-01

  • This house believes that a significantly greater number of "EPoints" should be distributed to politicians than to business owners

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    \"EPoint\" = one unit of psychological and emotional access to a random stranger where the holder of one \"EPpoint\" is better able to empathize, understand, and perceive the strangers' deepest preferences."

    McGill Spring Cup HST 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-06-01

  • This house believes that China should aggressively pivot to the production of advanced microprocesors.

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    A microprocessor is an electronic component that is used by a computer to do its work. The development of very complex computers and AI systems are heavily influenced by having access to advanced microprocessors. Starting with October 2022, The U.S. has imposed a series of export control measures to heavily restrict China's access to advanced AI chips made with U.S. inputs, as well as to other tools used to developed AI produced by allies (the Netherlands, Japan etc) Four of the nine largest companies by market share (68% in total), producing semiconductors and other materials used to construct microprocessors, operate in Taiwan. Similar Chinese companies make up only about 7% of the global market.

    Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-01