Science Debate Topics for Students — page 3

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• I am not worthy i am not worthy lol
• how do you forfeit?

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• I am having trouble figuring out what Con is claiming with respect to the contentions. He says "By refuting the negative results that most likely would result were the resolution be adopted, I have refuted the entire premise of the resolution and have thus responded to the…
• My case for requiring the posting of publicly-funded data related to climate research boils down to three points: C1. It will allow review of the data for error by other scientists. C2. It will put peer pressure on the originating scientists to use better methodologies, such as…

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• They are not alive protoctstiria is all it is they may have dna but they do not follo the rules of MRS GREN

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• okay
• Extend all arguments.

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• It is unfortunate that GreenTeas continues on an attack on my person. You also brings up new arguments, which, due to the rules, I am unable to refute! For conclusion, I would like to state that you have been shifting the goalposts of bacteria flagellum, you includes parts of…
• Once again I have to defend myself against petty allegations. A Gish Gallop? Well, I have responded to exactly five arguments, two of my own, and three of GreenTeas. How could this create any illusion at all? I am trying to understand how IC systems can be evolved, and you"re…

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• I would also like to make it clear for other that my opponent was not dodging the original topic for it is very important for us to define our terms so that we can make logical points and counter points. The problem I see here is our perspective on knowledge and what I mean by…
• It has become clear to me that I should have defined "known universe" on my part. For me, the known universe includes all the thousands of galaxies that we can prove exist. We know that there are thousands of galaxies. Therefore, I believe that there is at least one Intelligent…

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• You don't get the same "random" mutation in every single case, if it is truly random. No, you get the same mutation 24 out of 24 times, which clearly shows the mutation was not random. Organisms obviously have a mechanism for adapting exactly what they need for their…
• I am not arguing for Intelligent design, nor do I believe in that. That being said, there should be SOME way to prove that mutations are random, and so far, I haven't seen it. I have seen plenty of studies showing very obvious NON randomness in mutation. Here are two. In both…

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• Light is simply not matter. It is energy. In order to be a form of matter, an object must take up space and have mass. C1) Anything that has neither mass, nor volume is not matter C2) Light has no mass or volume P1) Light has no matter All forms of light in the spectrum are…
• Light is obviously not matter.

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• I likewise urge a Con vote, for I have had to bow out of the debate.
• I sincerely apologize, but, due to a significant increase in business, I shall likely be unable to participate in any debates. Since it is more sporting for me to concede than forfeit, and because I legitimately do wish to continue this debate, I simply request that we continue…

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• State your case young one.
• To go through this quickly, we have a series of the same tired objection to each of my argument, namely, that it is a strawman. No example is given, so I cannot do anything except point out how each argument has been a direct response to the criticism he levied. The fact that…

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• I. INTRODUCTIONNow, the main contention I have against theistic creation is that while most theories are potentially valid, most if not all I have seen are particularly understandable. To be valid, I would expect that a theory either fits in with our current understanding or…
• Hello all, I'm making a debate on the potential validity of the universe starting purely by phenomenon of physics rather than due to intervention by the diety of your choosing. This is not a debate against the possibility of a God, only that a non-theistic approach is no less…

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• I am not against this hypothesis much. To be honest I hadn't read much into it until today however I am against Mautner and Matloffs proposition that we should establish new planetary systems or protoplanetary discs. Why should we? What's the point? These are the questions I…
• I have to ask how do you think It was created? the ones I believe exist in order are: 1.Gaia theory. 2.Innatism. 3.Phenomena's and finally 4.neutral monism

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• Thank you for debating me. Con has failed to answer my attack on their case. And since the rule is silence is compliance, the obviously agree. EVERYTHING HAS TO COME FROM SOMETHING. My opponent has stated that matter just expanded. The big bang is a theory of origin, and since…
• Okay- 1. Going back to the argument about the Law of Conservation- matter cannot be created or destroyed. According to you The definition of the big bang theory is the rapid expansion of matter from a state of extremely high density and temperature that according to current…

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• Excuse me, but I personally recall debunking those theories you suggested previously. I find my arguments good enough, but it's in no way my responsibility to make you like what I said. I find my previous statements completely valid, yet you say they are invalid. I'd like you…
• You say I must prove that all and any suggestions of a young-Earth scenario are irrelevant. Well that would be a lot easier if I actually knew all suggestions, perhaps you could tell them to me, and I could attempt to prove them wrong. I see you didn't provide and arguments in…

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• Thanks for accepting.You asked me to clarify whether I meant "Natural Selection does not support Evolution" or "Natural Selection alone cannot support Evolution." I did not mean either. I hope my opening argument will make it clearer for you:Premise 1: The Theory of Natural…
• I await acceptance. I will be defending the following resolution: "The Theory Of Natural Selection Is NOT An Explanation For The Theory Of Evolution"

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• you overlook the fact that i used the word 'whence'. 'whence' is a trump card, whence, i win this debate.
• it was an unidentifed object. it didn't have any natural explanations that weren't grasping at straws. many people saw it. it looked like something not man made. this is just one example of this type of UFO phenomenon. whence, it is reasonable to believe in UFOs from…

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• :) First I will refute my opponent's arguments: You say: "Now, my opponent uses the excuse that the Bible was written with human error. There are two problems with this." I actually said human misinterpretation. That's not necessarily error. "One, we hold the Bible to be our…
• To refute your argument "I would disagree. Being that we are both Christians, we believe the Bible to be a source of truth. God intends for us to read the Bible, it is the manual for life. Because he wants us to be able to interpret it, I believe he would put it in terms that…

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• Apologies. Also I told con that arguments are on the next round. We both have tied our conduct points then. Take a look at this a video of a cat crying in front of an onion. Search it. It got me thinking. I had no idea animals could even cry. I was just not bothered to…
• Arguments next round

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• Thanks to my opponent for the opportunity to look into some of the fundamental aspects of radiometric dating. I found it interesting and I hope readers will find the science interesting as well. I should have explained my reference numbering system. I number references in…
• Are tape measures viable for measuring length? Tape use assumes the user correctly aligns the end with desired point on the object, the end doesn't slip, the tape doesn't change length, and the person correctly reads the scale. Tape measures can stretch a little and expand and…

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• Your vow means nothing. Your pitiful rebellion will fail. MUAHAHAHAHA!
• I know exactly what you're going through. It was a rude awakening, for me, when I first tried structured debates. You need to do some research and include links to your sources. There are many websites that give advice on how to debate. I hope to see you improve, so we can…

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• My opponents argument attacks the theory behind Special Relativity, "Clocks all operate by doing a certain thing at a certain rate. In the urban legends of fast traveling aircraft where the times are off by one second, that can easily be attributed to barometric conditions and…
• Time Travel? Sure, we've heard of it. Its hard to say when 'man' first conceived of it, but back in 1733 a man by the name of Samuel Madden published a work called, "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century ". Which he claimed was a series of letters from English ambassadors in various…

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• 1.) Lungfish burrows -- I actually went to college just an hour from the chinle formation. The most memorable thing in this area are the dinosaur footprints seen on the youngest layer of strata...I wonder how those got there. I am assuming the burrow fish made their borrows…
• My position is that the stratigraphy was placed in a very short amount of time during the flood event that has been recorded in the bible. All of the fossils that have been found within these layers died and were covered by sediment and fossilized in a very short amount of time…

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• "How long has the Human Population been around? and given that amount of time, what new species has evolved from homo sapiens?" New species haven't evolved into new species because there is no environmental need to. Humans have built things to adapt to the environment for us so…
• "Just because something is accepted and supported by the general public doesn't mean it is actually correct." I don't think I ever said Evolution is commonly accepted, I only said it was "well supported". "Just because the evidence of evolution exists does not disprove the…

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• AveSince I consider this resolution to be incredibly easy to defend, I will present a simple argument in favor of it.P1: If the Hafele-Keating experiment affirms the predictive power of special relativity (i.e. its consistency with experiment), then the Hafele-Keating…
• AveThe resolution of this debate states that "The Hafele-Keating Experiment Supports Special Relativity". Pro will take the position that the Hafele-Keating experiment supports the theory of special relativity. Con will take the position that the Hafele-Keating experiment does…

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• Yo quiero Taco Bell! Lavamos El Gato con la guitara. Just kidding, I don't speak Spanish :D
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Senoritas y Senores, The Oort Cloud. The Oort cloud is thought to be a remnant of the original protoplanety disc that formed around the sun 4.6 billion years ago. Long ago, when our sun was still young and building up it's gravitational mass, it began…

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• we are not longer evolving signficantly as humans. true, people in africa and other poor, many religous fanatics die, but as a whole, we are adapting the environemnt to us, instead of it forcing us to adapt. remember, evolution is where the weak die and the only those that live…

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• First off you gave no evidence for string theory or multi verse theory. You just brought up two other theories. Also these are not theories for the origin of life necessarily, they are theories for the origin of the universe. In my opinion they are not good theories whatsoever.…
• Just tell me what theory you believe in and why. And explain to me whether or not you believe in evolution.

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• I accept your challenge, on the basis that we both have an understanding of the word "observation": "something you notice by watching and listening"(1), and an understanding of the "Big Bang": According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the "big-bang model [is the] widely held theory…

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• Thank You, Con, for that round. And for this debate. Closing Statements Brief Closing Rebuttals:1. First off- I made the point regarding the unconfirmed nature of these "previous functions", coupled with the increasing number of these irreducibly complex systems, to show that…
• Thank You Con,I will now present my rebuttals:Irreducibly Complex Systems:Evolutionists, in an attempt to dodge the compelling objections of irreducible complexity, have presented the idea that while the evolution of irreducibly complex systems was still in progress, the…

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• I guess the debate is over and I win. In your opinion the question of global warming being caused by man is closed done deal no more debte and you don't want here or discuss any other data other than what supports your "BELIFE" that global warming is caused by man. Why else…
• Yes you are quite the debater. But it seams you have just proven my point. First, what's up with all the symantics and hair splitting with the word "belife". I think anyone who is reading this discussion pretty much understands the context in which it is being used. It's not…

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• Yea I see maybe I should not complain about the size! But if to be honest your answer really hard to me to understand, here is written so philosophy and is used many biological words. It would be better and more understandable if you paraphrase it or write using your words! I…
• OMG your answer so long, complicated and force me to confuse. You are really plagiarist! Could not you write with your own words? Additionally, you should reject my arguments, explain me why they not correct or something else! After that you must write your own arguments! Or…

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• I. The Nested Hierarchy of Species My opponent really makes no effort to try and refute this argument; instead, he just claims that other biological systems could also have a nested hierarchy. However, this is not true: "The nested hierarchical organization of species contrasts…
• RI. Science and Empirical LimitsRIA. Evolution Is ObservedBefore I go in to showing how proofs of evolution are really applied, it is necessary to go back to the definition of the Theory of Evolution first. Here it is: "The process by which species of organisms arise from…

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• 1: I have not gone above the specified character limit. The website will not allow me. Therefore there is no way I went above it. I only used all the characters I was allowed to have. No more than that. 2: pla"gia"rize G2;plājəG6;rīz/ verb gerund or present participle:…
• First a link to the rules. http://www.neisd.net... a33;Why can't humans spend more on exploring the remaining 95% of the oceans, rather than on space exploration?Edit NOAA states that we have explored only 5% of the world's oceans -> How much of the ocean have we explored? It…

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• I can't see how the bee would evolve to be unable to take nectar from the plants, if it would lead to its own demise? If a bee was unable to make honey, it would die off ,as you said, and therefore wouldn't pass on its ineffective genes, which is how evolution works. There is…
• My debate was more intended towards creationism vs evolution, rather than atheistic evolution against theistic evolution, but never mind. I fail to see the idea behind both of your examples. Taking the second example, you say that normal flowers would've died out because Bees…

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• I go for my argument. Pending for con to accept
• Then may I ask con to prove how technology would advance to the point where we can solve all of the problems I have listed previously? AS far as I'm concerned, technology cannot and will not cease the the growth of human populations, nor will technology solve religious…

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• Its unfortunate you're not taking this seriously and I have to report you for spam. Thank you for participating. If any one else would like to challenge me to this debate and will take it seriously please message me. :)
• Instincts is a scientific concept. There are no instincts outside of science. Having "a feeling" and other ambiguous concepts, are not backed up by science. The frame of reference for this argument was set and words were defined. You accepted the argument knowing that. I will…

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• Before making any arguments – I would like to point out the framework of this round. In judging these debates I ask the judges who are reviewing to stick to what the debaters have said and to not substitute our positions for their own ideology. Additionally I think it's time to…
• 3 Reasons: 1. Space development - The private sector is not willing to take the risk that the federal government is willing to take. Thus, the status quo hinders the further development of cost-effective launch vehicles and space exploration. We are utterly defenseless against…

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• Unfortunately, CON has yet again strawmanned my argument. In R3 I explicitly rejected definition one on the grounds that it includes some instances that are not irreducibly complex. Definition two I endorsed. Definition three I will agree to only if the clause "each part is…
• My opponent claims that I have offered an argument from incredulity but this is most emphatically not the case. I think it would be instructive to go back to our example of the flagellum. In a highly simplified form, say it has only the 5 parts listed- A,B,C,D,E. Now, say we…

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• I tried to post my argument last night but when I pressed the submit button I was given this message: Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0115' Unexpected error /errors/500/default.asp A trappable error (C0000005) occurred in an external object. The script cannot continue running.…
• I thank Con for their reply and acceptance of this debate. "2. There is no legend that allows that molecule to stand for something else. In coding, there is an element of arbitrariness in the assignment of symbols. There is no particular reason, for example, that the crossed…

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• matter is space, and space is time matter is energy, that is my argument, without a balancing point you can have no positive and negative energy, thats like taking the wires of the light bulb, and the light still keep on shinig, not possible without a power source no assertions…
• to simplify, positive and negative energy needs a balancing point, it dosnt travel through air unless its really powerfull, but even a lightning strike has a balancing point before transference of energy like a lightning strike.. energy is positive negative and balance…

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• On Wylted's suggestion, I have looked through the debate several times, and I finally decided that a majority of what we both said is horribly off topic. As my partner pointed out, only my point about nuclear arms had any bearing on the direction of the debate. Rebuttal But…
• My partner and I have both agreed to change the following rounds to allow him/her to upload their arguements. Thanks for everyone's understanding.Round 3: Arguments and rebuttalsRound 4: Counter rebuttals

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• Well my opponent forfeited. In conclusion, while fear can have powerful short term effects, hope actually gives people a reason to achieve something and is thus a more powerful emotion in the long run. Fear can also never convince someone of something unlike hope which can be…
• Fear is indeed is the emotion that makes people do want they don't want to do. Hope is the emotion that tells us to do what we want to do. It is impossible to coerce someone, but it can't make someone do something that has a small chance of success as hope can. Even if you…

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• So this is the last round. Since Con has requested that I do so, I will indeed ask clear and concise questions throughout this last argument, but through doing so I will demonstrate that there are things I have brought up that Con has in fact not addressed at all. So let's…
• Round 3 then. Con asks what the error he made that I opened up my R2 with was. I was referring to the plural inherent in "Medic among others" and "Anti-Evolutionists", meaning that it applies not only to Con, but to other people who oppose evolutionary theory for one reason or…

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• RULES: "Logical and scientific evidences are totally welcome to be used"Round 1: Argument of Pro/ Rebuttal of ConRound 2: Rebuttal of Pro/ Argument of ConRound 3:Rebuttal of Pro/Rebuttal of ConRound 4: Conclusion. ( No more arguments nor rebuttals).Argument of…
• On the New Genes Up-to-date, scientific research offered only two macro-evolution mechanisms: Transposons- able to move or copy itself from one chromosome to another. By this, a new gene may exists in a genome. Polyploidy - genome duplicates itself. By this, a new gene may…

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• In this final round i will address few things and bring out my closing statement. My opponent still says that until we observe it,we cannot know if it is possible. I will say once again that you are asking for example of macroevolution,the one thing is example,the other is…
• There is no problem,i am quite new to this site too. How do i know that macroevolution and microevolution are the same processes? First of all,the statement is not silly, it is supported with mountains of evidence. And you mention that without observing macroevolution we cannot…

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• The BoP is on the con. They must prove logically, and scientifically that Darwinian evolution is in fact a reality. They must also provide examples of Darwinian evolution (change from one 'kind' to another. Kind as in family such as the cat family, tigers, house cats, and…

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• 1. According to the laws of thermodynamics (Conservation of energy[1], in particular), energy can neither be created, nor can be destroyed.2. If statement #1 is true, then energy must be finite.3. The Sun needs energy.4. If statement #3 is true, and the mass and energy is…
• Newton's second law is not true because an airplane is faster than a car, while an airplane has more inertia and mass!

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• As in focus on getting us to Alpha Centauri rather than say Neptune. Basically faster-than-light travel. No religious nonsense please, only logical answers.
• I have not heard about those books and may read them in the future. Thanks a lot though. Anyways, back to the topic, you state that "the pace has slowed a bit" I beg to differ. With the massive speed with which the Internet is growing. Smart phones are also quite new. We…

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• I understand were you are coming from. Soldier's witness horrible things and are often never the same. However, PTSD does not change one's personality. It is a terrible condition that affects the way one thinks and acts. It is not who you are. Any experience or upbringing can…
• We can tell the personality of an unborn child in their mothers stomach area. Often people will turn from their roots because it is not "who they are".

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• I will debate the position that Evolution makes more sense than Creationism. To correct the Con, the scientific standpoint is that Evolution is the process life uses to create diversity of species. As for the origin of the Earth that would fall under Cosmology. I'm open to…
• In the end we must ask ourselves what makes more sense. A world where we doubt our observations, or a worldview where we only state what we can test and observe. Young Earth Creationism leaves us doubting very simple observations such as the speed of light. Intelligent Design…