Cold is Better than Hot

Management and Behavior are interesting criteria ... but hardly the only ones in deciding between cold and hot. I would like to add my own two criteria. Rarity and happiness. 1. Rarity. If we look at the universe, as a whole, heat is a rare and precious commodity. If you try to pick a random point from the universe, the probability of hitting a point above 90 degrees is 0%, give or take a fraction. The probability of hitting a point below 70 degrees is 100%, give or take a fraction. Heat is such a remarkably rare phenomenon in the universe, more precious than diamond, more precious than platinum. Because hot is so rare, much like life, it is better than cold. Supply and Demand. The Demand for heat is awfully high in this universe, and the supply so preciously low. 2. Happiness. My opponent made connections between geographic human locations in comparison to their temperature. Well so can I. There seems to be a strong correlation between heat and happiness, in this case as measured by suicide rate. As measured per 100,000 Switzerland and Lithuania have 17 and 38 suicides per year. On the other hand Ecuador and the Philippines have 4.8 and 2.1 suicides per year respectively. It seems that wherever you find cold you find significant levels of suicide whereas wherever you find heat, that rate disappears. Therefore although I (also) have no scientific basis, I feel confident in making the claim heat makes people happy. --------------- 3. Management My opponent makes the claim that cold is easier to manage because you can wear jackets. Whereas if it's hot and you take your clothes off, "you'll still feel the heat." But let's be honest, How many of you (the audience), have gone outside on a cold day and realized, damn it's cold. When you're outside and it's cold, well guess what? Can't just materialize yourself a jacket can you? But you Can take off your shirt, or roll up your sleeves. And furthermore, even if you have jackets, the idea that you won't feel the cold is pretty ridiculous isn't it? I've gone out in the cold with heavy jackets and all, but I've still felt the icy chill of the cold wind piercing my layers of protection. And also the claim the cold is easy to manage because all you have to do is build a house and turn up the heat is pretty ridiculous as well. My opponent makes the claim air conditioners aren't "natural". Yes intense heat can kill, but the simple fact of the matter is, living in a hot area is much more natural than living in a cold area. Humanity didn't evolve in Canada. Living where it's hot doesn't actually require air conditioning. Heat is where we were born, where we evolved. There is nothing more natural than living where it's hot. 4. Behavior In the broad scope of history, it would seem heat is where you find civilization. Humanity did not reach the pinnacle of civilization in the cold hinterlands of Greenland. We reached our first pinnacle in the fierce dry heat of Egypt. While the rest of the world was stuck being primitive barbarians, the people of upper Africa were excelling, making huge strides in understanding the world and technological advances. And then we have the Islamic Empire. Saudi Arabia. Hot Hot and Hot. These were at their time again the pinnacle of civilization. Medicine, mathematics, again civilization, technology, Intelligence, not found in the icy lands of France or England, but in the hot lands of Saudi Arabia. Economic prosperity, the world's best health care, for hundreds of years where was there civilization? The fact that today the icy lands of the north are reaching economic prosperity is no certainty that this will be a lasting trend. Clearly there is tremendous, overwhelming evidence that intelligence and civilization is to be found where it's hot, and that heat is conducive to both. Lol, I love how my opponent write that "hotter regions have had progression." Progression does not begin to measure the sheer enormous scale of development in hotter regions. If the Vikings have taught us anything, it's that cold freezes teh brain and Prevents people from thinking logically ... at least until the wide avaliable of energy made it so that it became possible to heat up the northern icy climates. And so for these reasons, Hot is better than Cold. -Hear me Roar!