This House, as Hercules, Would stay in the human world.
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Hercules is the mortal son of Zeus who grew up with some superhuman abilities (eg strength) in the human world. He fought against evil powers in the form of trials set by the gods. He fell in love with a human, Megara. After being deemed worthy by the gods and achieving the status of a hero he was invited to live forever on the Olympus among the Gods. No human is allowed to join him, and he will not be able to return to the human world.
Semi Finals
This House Opposes the focus on complicity in humanitarian campaigns
Info Slide
Complicity implies that failure to act makes one partially responsible.
ESL Final
This House Opposes the focus on complicity in humanitarian campaigns
Info Slide
Complicity implies that failure to act makes one partially responsible.
Round 5
This House Prefers the primary funding source for SOEs to be state subsidies rather than loan agreements with private contractors
Info Slide
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are companies or organizations that are wholly or majorly owned and controlled by the government. SOEs mainly invest in infrastructure or development projects.
Round 4
This House Hopes for the widespread adoption of polygenic screening for mental health conditions
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Polygenic screening refers to genetic screening of IVF embryos prior to implantation by analyzing the embryos' genetic profile and assigning them a risk score. The score can be used to make predictions about how likely that embryo would be to be born with or develop health conditions or traits.
Round 3
THBT NATO should remove Turkey's Membership
Round 2
THR the decline of consensus media
Info Slide
Consensus media refers to news organisations that were consumed on mass within communities - ie the 6 o’clock news on national television being consumed by a large majority of the population, there being a few “go to newspapers” and “traditional news platforms” being the main source of information for the majority of people.
Round 1
This house would take the job if offered
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You are a young professional in the first 5 years of your career, you have had some success in your field.
You work for a large organisation with public name recognition. You have been headhunted for a role in a start up.