Nuclear Power Vs. Solar Power (Future Electrical Needs)
Terms
1. The First Round is for acceptance only
2. No new arguments in round 5
3. For the purposes of this debate, lets assume that Nuclear power is renewable, as that is a major topic of debate.
4. Pro: Argue that Nuclear Power is Superior
5. Con: Argue that Solar Power is Superior...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a worthwhile project.
Today, the LHC, which is located 100m underground on the French / Swiss border was fired up for the first time. For those who may be unfamiliar with the project, please be refer to the links (1; 2; 3) which can be found at the foot of this page. Even though this project represents one of the most important scientific experiments ever undertaken in the history of mankind, unbelievably, there are people that have criticised the programme. In addition to the usual religious zealots that h...
.999... is exactly equal to 1
I'm pretty bored so I was wondering to post a debate to see if anyone disagrees with this. Just to confirm the resolution is as follows: .999... = 1 Definitions .999... refers to .9 with recurring nines 1 refers to the real number, 1 = means is exactly equal to .999... is exactly equal to one I'll let my opponent start....
Origins of life Via creation not evolution
I want to dialog using science. Though I am a Christian, I will not be using the bible in this particular debate. I will show that organic evolution isn't possible. If this spills into macro evolution (speciation), so be it! Please, no ad Hominem attacks. Again, I'm not using the bible, so please refrain from bashing!! We'll debate that one later!...
Scientific Evidence Strongly Supports the Theory of Evolution by Common Descent
I have existed for all time and I will exist for all time
No, I'm not claiming to be immortal, but the fact is that I have been around since the dawn of time and will be around until the end of time – indeed, it is even possible that I existed before the dawn of time and will exist after the end of time, but I cannot prove that so I will confine this debate to the space-time that exists within our current universe. Of course, I haven't always existed assembled as I am now, as a human being living on a planet revolving around one of 200-400 billion s...
We Can Be Reasonably Confident that Abortion Entails the Killing of a Human Being
Last week Rasputin challenged me to this debate but I was too busy, so he graciously invited me to challenge him back when the business died down a little.
Creation (Pro) vs Evolution (Con)
Understanding the debate :
Each participant will assert their theory.
Each participant is responsible for the refutation of his opponent's theory.
The debate is not judged by who has proved his theory, but rather who had better refuted the opponent's theory.
The debate is set up this way because neither creation or evolution stands as a scientif...
Radiometric Dating is Accurate
Radiometric dating is the method for establishing the age of objects by measuring the levels of radioisotopes in the sample. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating One example is carbon dating. Carbon 14 is created by cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere. It decays to nitrogen 14 with a half life of 5730 years. C14 is continually being created and decaying, leading to an equilibrium state in the atmosphere. When the carbon dioxide, containing C14 as well as stable C12 and C13, is taken i...
Modern Autos Lack Efficacy/Efficiency
Modern autos, on the whole, are one of the low-points of American society. Sure, we need them for transportation (because of unbridled urban sprawl from profit-driven urban-planning as opposed to planning based on scientific tenets and environmental stewardship), but really... how many of us are thinking transportation when we buy an automobile? We are thinking about the color, the horsepower, the sleekness, the stereo, the rims... Some of us are more shallow than others, but it's safe to say th...