Topic Knowledge
What is a moratorium?
A temporary pause or stop to a legal activity.
What does truth testing think debates should center?
Whether the resolution is a true or false statement.
How does a critique derive offense?
The assumptions of the 1AC.
Name 3 weighing mechanisms
Timeframe, probability, magnitude, turns case
Who won the 2023 Gold PF TOC?
Durham HH (Michael Hansen and Alex Huang)
What is the difference between AGI and misaligned AI?
AGI has intellegence in the way people do; misaligned AI is AI with evil aims.
Does permissibility affirm or negate?
Affirm
Which component of the K must the alt must resolve?
The link
When is the best time to start weighing debates?
As early as possible.
Which number does Oliver like his toast cooked to?
7
What makes a data center hyperscale?
It contains at least 5,000 servers across 10,000 square feet.
How does the pragmatism framework think we come to understandings about morality/truth?
Testing
Which of the following perms is not legitimate: perm do both, perm do the alt then the aff, perm do the aff and alt in all other circumstances?
What kind of responses can you concede to get out of a link turn?
Impact defense, internal link defense, and *sometimes* link defense
What was PF originally known as?
Ted Turner Debate
Which, if any, states currently have a moratorium on HDCs?
New York
What is the is-ought gap?
The argument that prescriptive statements about what is cannot be used to create rules for how we should act.
Provide 2 possible links from the K aff to the cap k
Folk politics, ballot commodification, fixation on individuality, etc.
What arguments do you need to win to make a try-or-die claim?
Uniqueness, internal link, impact
Which event did Ryan Love final the TOC in?
Congress
Name four types of data center
Hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, edge
What is the universal moral principle that Kant arrives at word for word?
One ought not adopt any ethical maxim that they would not want universally applied.
What is Dasein and which philosopher uses the term?
"Being there" (the condition of being unique to humans)/Heidegger
What flavor of Celsius did Vina drink this afternoon?
Piña Colada