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  • This house, as a tenured professor in medium-sized state university, should heavily prioritize longitudinal basic research as opposed to applied research.

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    Longitudinal basic research examines the same social phenomenon over long and extended periods of time (e.g., race-based violence, socially-constructed gender roles) On the other hand, applied research is mostly small-scale, and short-termist research on timely social phenomenon which provides academic outputs that can be immediately utilized by specific groups of people (e.g., election- associated violence in Mindanao, feminism within Islamic communities)

    7th Bicol Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-23

  • This house would take a 36-month long position in NVIDIA stock rather than remain flat

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    NVIDIA is an American multinational technology company known for designing graphics and artificial intelligence chips. NVIDIA’s current market capitalization is around USD 4.34 trillion. NVIDIA’s stock price, which has risen 43.84% in the last twelve months, is currently trading at USD 177.99 per share. For this debate, you are a mutual fund with several billion dollars in assets under management. When an investor takes a “long position” in a stock, they buy and hold the stock. When an investor “remains flat,” they maintain zero net exposure to that stock.

    Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-08-23

  • This house predicts that by 2100 the number of animals in factory farms will have fallen to less than half of today’s total

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    Factory farming is an industrial approach to the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy that confines large numbers of animals in tightly-packed, controlled, often-indoor environments. Globally, over 90% of farmed animals live in factory farms, including an estimated 74% of farmed land animals and virtually all farmed fish.

    Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 · Pro-Am Final · 2025-08-23

  • This house regrets the trend of the debating community reverting to offline events

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    As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debating community shifted its activities online, with the vast majority of trainings, coaching, and tournaments (including majors such as WUDC, ABP, or EUDC) being held on various online platforms such as Zoom or Discord. With the end of the pandemic, much of debating has begun to revert to offline events (e.g. the past three iterations of WUDC were held in-person), although online debating has not completely died out.

    Diliman Pre-Asian British Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-23

  • This house supports global tech awards and grants prioritizing frugal innovation over cutting-edge innovation

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    Frugal innovation is an approach to innovation that focuses on creating affordable, resource-efficient, accessible, and scalable products, services, or technologies. On the other hand, cutting-edge innovation refers to the most novel, advanced, and innovative tools, systems, or methods in a particular field.

    7th Bicol Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-23

  • This house believes that the glorification of theoretical research over applied research does more harm than good.

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    Theoretical research develops abstract concepts and models, while applied research uses knowledge to solve real-world problems.

    Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · School Junior (U-15) Semifinals · 2025-08-20

  • In the pursuit of scientific knowledge, This house would continue the development of Dual-use research of concern (DURC) in biotechnology

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    Dual-use research of concern (DURC) describes research that is intended to provide a clear benefit, but which could easily be misapplied to do harm. This may include the creation of modified viruses to better understand how they function which may risk the use of them to infect animals and people, or the development of aerosol methods to help treat asthma which may be used to improve biological weapons like anthrax, etc.

    Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · School Junior (U-15) Semifinals · 2025-08-20

  • This house supports the rise of neobanks

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    Neobanks are banking services which are entirely online and do not have physical branches. Neobanks often do not have their own banking licenses, but rather rely on partner banks for regulatory frameworks. Examples include Touch N Go E-Wallet, BigPay, Wise, and Monzo.

    Vietnam Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-20

  • This house supports the use of the Moneyball strategy over traditional evaluations in team sports.

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    “Moneyball” refers to the use of advanced statistical analysis in sports to evaluate player performance, guide recruitment, and optimize in-game strategies. This approach relies on data-driven metrics such as expected goals (football), and player efficiency rating (basketball), on-base percentage (baseball), Traditional evaluations, on the other hand, is based on qualitative assessments by coaches and scouts who evaluate players through live observation, physical attributes, in-game instincts, perceived potential, etc.

    LUMS Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-19

  • This House Regrets The Populisation Of Online Learning

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    Online learning refers to education delivered through digital platforms, allowing students to access courses and materials remotely. Over the past decade, it has grown rapidly due to advances in technology, increased internet access, and flexibility for learners. The COVID- 19 pandemic further accelerated adoption, making online education a mainstream option worldwide, with millions of learners engaging in virtual classrooms and hybrid models.

    Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship 2025 (Senior) · Round 3 · 2025-08-18

  • This house believes that sex-work-based online platforms* bring more harm than good

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    For the purposes of this debate, sex-work based online platforms involve independent content creators sharing intimate & explicit content as well as building relationships with customers. Examples of platforms include OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc...

    St Andrews pre-EUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-13

  • This house believes that sex-work-based online platforms* bring more harm than good

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    For the purposes of this debate, sex-work based online platforms involve independent content creators sharing intimate & explicit content as well as building relationships with customers. Examples of platforms include OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc...

    St Andrews pre-EUDC 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-08-13