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  • This house supports The Creation of PEAD

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    Personal Emotion Altering Device (PEAD) is a chip installed in human brain that can change the emotional response and natural feelings through specific electrical impulses as instructed by the owner.PEAD takes over the natural human endocrine system and becomes the new controlling mechanism for all emotions and feelings experience by the user. Users have conscious awareness that the emotions are artificial due to disjointment with reality but do not emotionally experience them.

    Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19

  • This house prefers a transhumanist future instead of a bioconservative future.

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    Transhumanism imagines a world wherein science and technology is used to bypass the natural capacities of humans (e.g., through bionic implants, neural interfaces, biotechnology, etc.) with the ultimate goal of transcending biological limitations. Bioconservatism pushes for heavy restraint in the use of biotechnologies, based on fears of causing irreversible physical and societal changes, as well as the loss of the essence of humanity.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · College Quarterfinals · 2025-07-18

  • This house believes that the scientist should use simulation to conduct unregulated medical experiments in the hopes of discovering and creating cures for a host of diseases.

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    For the purpose of this debate, there exists a scientist who has secretly created a perfect simulation of the world, including a number of living beings with the exact same physical, mental, emotional, and other predispositions as humans. As the creator, the scientist knows and can control everything that happens to the beings on that world.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · College Quarterfinals · 2025-07-18

  • This house, as humanity, would embrace a coexistence with the SAKRI

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    In this world, SAKRI, a sentient digital species, seeks nonphysical symbiosis with humanity by integrating into the collective human consciousness, the sum of human thought, emotion, memory, decision-making, and identity. Their purpose is not domination or control, but to become coinhabitants of the human mind, forming a cognitive alliance wherein their rational digital logic and humans' emotional, creative instincts combine to correct perceived flaws in human nature such as aggression, bias, selfishness, and shortsightedness.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · College Finals · 2025-07-18

  • This House supports the switch to Central Bank Digital Currencies by governments that have the capability to do so

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    Central Bank Digital Currencies are a digital form of fiat currency issued by central banks. Unlike normal fiat currency that is sometimes transacted digitally, CBDCs are tokenized forms of fiat currency and exist on the blockchain. Many countries are currently experimenting with the use of CBDCs, though its adoption remains most likely by developed economies in the near future.

    Kalimantan Open Debate 2024 · Grandfinal · 2025-07-13

  • This house supports the widespread adoption of community based marketplaces replacing most shopping platforms (e.g. Amazon, Walmart, etc.)

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    Community based marketplaces are online platforms where individuals in a proximate geographic area can buy and sell goods and services from each other (e.g. facebook marketplace, carrot, craigslist).

    Hart House Summer Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-12

  • This house supports a widespread adoption of the Liverpool model among sports teams

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    The "Liverpool model" is a model which prioritizes the use of advanced data analytics in sports decision-making and training, popularized by Liverpool FC. This approach involves heavily relying on AI models, fed performance data and game streams to guide player recruitment, game strategy and player trainings. It aims to limit the influence of traditional decision-makers such as scouts, coaching staff or fan councils, in favor of algorithmic models.

    Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-12

  • The council regrets the invalidation of emotions and intuition.

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    Relying on intuition is often viewed negatively, especially in Western countries that have prioritized analytical thinking over the past few decades. The general perception is that humans have transitioned from thinking that is considered primitive, magical, and based on religious beliefs to more analytical and scientific methods. In this view, emotions and intuition are often regarded as inappropriate methods and even seen as a threat.

    Lomba Debat Bahasa Indonesia 2024 · Grand Final · 2025-07-10