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The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in

p1 renewable energy is insufficient to meet energy needs of our society. Dr. Daniel LaGatta stated on February 16, 2010, that the U.S. cannot meet its energy needs by 2035 without at least 40 new nuclear plants p2 Fossil fuels are a finite resource p3 Further evidence from: http://www.energycrisis.org...... -""There are currently 98 oil producing countries in the world, of which 64 are thought to have passed their geologically imposed production peak, and of those 60 are in terminal production decline."
Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory.

My opponent dismissed my source because the author was from the Discovery Institute, and my opponent claims the Discovery Institute is scientifically discredited. My opponent failed to give any sources to support his/her claim that the Discovery Institute has been scientifically discredited. As a reminder, the burden of proof is on my opponent to prove that intelligent design is not a scientific theory, so the burden of proof is on my opponent to prove that my source is not credible, which he/she has not done. My opponent attempted to discredit my examples of scientific evidence for ID by stating: 1. evidence against evolution is not evidence for ID 2. successful predictions made by ID that are shared with predictions of evolution is not evidence for ID Individually my opponent's arguments would be valid, but when predictions that are shared with ID and evolution prove to be correct, and when there is evidence against evolution, together these are clearly evidence for ID, so my examples of scientific evidence for ID are valid. My opponent also tried to discredit my source by saying "it is perfectly logically consistent for an intelligent designer to not reuse parts." I will argue that if it were the case that it is logical for an intelligent designer not to reuse parts, my opponent should have been able to give an example of something that was intelligently designed that did not have reused parts, which he/she has not given. A good reason for why it is logical for intelligent design to not reuse parts has not been given. Conclusion: My opponent was unable to give evidence of my source being discredited, so it may be the case that my source is credible and makes ID well-substantiated. My opponent has also failed in his/her attempt at discrediting my scientific evidence for ID required for making ID a scientific theory. In conclusion, my opponent has failed to fulfill his/her burden of proof of why ID is not a scientific theory.
Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory.

I would like to mention that when it comes to science, there is no such thing as 100% proof. Science is only capable of proving claims to a certain degree of likelihood. For example, every time we observe an object fall as predicted by Newtonian physics, it increases the likelihood of Newtonian physics being correct, but no matter how many times we observe this, Newtonian physics will never be proven correct with 100% certainty. Since 100% confirmation of a hypothesis is unobtainable using science, in order to make a hypothesis confirmed, it only needs to be confirmed to a certain degree of certainty. And it is the case that ID has a certain degree of confirmation. Alien ID predicts space travel is possible, and going to the moon confirms this scientific prediction giving a certain degree of confirmation to ID theory, thus alien ID is scientifically confirmed. Not everything that is scientifically verified appears in peer-reviewed articles. Science can be done by anyone anywhere, regardless of whether or not these scientific experiments are mentioned in peer reviewed articles. As for my opponent"s request for evidence where "If the evidence was the other way, would it disconfirm the theory?" The definition of "disconfirm" is "Show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true." [1] Yes if it was the case that we did not go to the moon, it would show that space travel may not be possible, therefor alien ID may not be true. So yes, if the evidence was the other way, it would disconfirm the theory. I will give a more specific example of something that would falsify ID. All versions of ID would rely on evolution from a universal common ancestor being false. I will not be discussing the validity of evolution as agreed on, but I will point out that if certain evidence was observed, it would prove evolution to a strong enough degree to falsify ID, and thus ID predicts that such evidence will never be found. One example of evidence that could confirm evolution and falsify ID would be finding multiple series of unambiguous transitional fossils. People have searched for such fossils for over a hundred years, and none have been found. ID is easily falsified, but has not been falsified after hundreds of years of discovering fossils. As for my opponent"s request for scientific literature making falsifiable predictions for ID that have been repeatedly confirmed, here: [2] under the sections "Table 2. Predictions of Design (Hypothesis):" and "Table 3. Examining the Evidence (Experiment and Conclusion):". [1] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... [2] http://www.evolutionnews.org...
Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory.

I would like to begin by stating that the designer as referred to by the term "intelligent design" is not necessarily a god. The designer can also be referring to highly advanced aliens capable coming to Earth and creating life [1]. I will be arguing that intelligent design by aliens is a scientific theory. Confirmation: For it to be possible for aliens to travel to a distant planet and create life there, two things must be possible: the ability to travel to a distant planet, and the ability to genetically engineer life. The fact that we have travelled to the moon [2] proves that space travel is possible. We have also successfully genetically engineered animals [3]. These are two examples of experiments that help demonstrate the possibility that aliens before us could have had the ability to come to Earth and create all life forms on Earth. Also both of these examples have been repeated. This gives some confirmation to intelligent design by aliens, which gives some confirmation to intelligent design in general. Falsifiability: If it can be proven that everything we observe can more likely be explained by natural processes, it would falsify intelligent design. Intelligent design predicts that this will not be proven, thus intelligent design is falsifiable. Whether or not intelligent design is supported by peer reviews in the scientific community is irrelevant to whether or not intelligent design is a scientific theory. I have shown that intelligent design has confirmation and falsifiability, thus showing that intelligent design meets the two criteria stated to be necessary for something to be considered a scientific theory. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org...
Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory.

I will argue that Intelligent Design is not a valid scientific theory.This debate is not to discuss the merits or perceived problems with evolution.The definition of a scientific theory shall be taken directly off the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org...Rules: First round acceptance only please. Con should support that ID is a scientific theory. Pro (myself) will support that ID is not a scientific theory. Any factual or scientific claims made outside of the linked Wikipedia definition should have source. Sources should preferably be from credible and established scientific organisations and institutions. Any other claims (historical, etc) should provide sources as well, so that readers can easily verify and investigate. All debate is to be polite and respectful. CheersSam
Abortion should be legal

Heyyyyyyy =)Full resolution: In the United States, abortion should be legalRules:1. First round is for acceptance (do not argue in the first round).2. Do not present new arguments in the final round.3. No trolling.4. No Kritiks of the topic5. References/citations need to be provided in text and in the debate. Violation of these rules will give voters ammunition for conduct breeches or worse (I'm happy for voters to judge this).Have you got what it takes to beat me?
Rap Battle

Do you even hear what you're sayin? You sound like you've got a cravin' For a beat to eat your lines so sweet But your dance can't keep up with these feet So click your heels and spin around There's no place like home You're on enemy grounds This is my domain Call it URL You're under my reign So you just dissed yourself You should see my smile once I chew through slate I go hard and I get wins on a gold plate There's no doubt that My rhymes are phat Don't be a twat Don't even call back All I do is win Call me DJ Khaled You seeing things Like a mirage did. Like you think you won You just deceiving yourself I don't mean to make fun But your game got f'ed I'm smelling fresh Just like a pine Do you like your butt? Cuz now it's mine Let me give it to you Line by line You shoulda given up Now you can whine Wait, listen closely I think that I have mostly No entirely, set fire to Your verses, they're mine too So here's how I'll finish this Going out nice and strong Everyone please vote for me Cuz my opponent's wrong. Word [1] https://i.chzbgr.com...
Rap Battle

Hit or miss, take it or leave it, you mine as well quit Why did you accept this if you thought I was a twit? You try to rap but it's a slur of swearing bits, that's legit Ima get you to crack yeah but this is enough, you admit Toss the mic, you say, yo that's what I'll do into the fire I don't need an amp, I got my voice and the beat's my choir Your hawk is dead and gone cuz I scared it away so it'd retire A lions den is my basement, hawk don't mind da barbed wire Remember how I said you're a rat-feeding pauper? Scratch dat, as the prince you'll experience what I gotto offer I love your imagination tho, you fool yourself into believing lies Your boyfriend says your pretty, but oh - I forgot he don't have eyes After this battle he might kiss you g'bye, I'll send you away proper Your parents'll spank ya a$$ cuz you broke the house rules as their daughter The tundra happens to be the coldest biome around You say you're iced like a pike and 'I can't back down' But I couldn't hear you cuz you in space where theres no sound 'Sides, mountains are all green and it's just harmless ground Whether we females or not we gon rock this gang til it's all bang Label me noob or mean girls but I rang my dang bell of fame for pang You stumbled a while back, prob at a red light while I got the hang I'm in the fast lane and you in the clouds, 'cept for that aint no real thang! What's your world, a fantasy? I know cuz you words blasphemy You fell in a trap now you in my captivity This no festivity, it's your death with creativity I can only imagine your face or the horrid frown It's so ugly that this guy [1] is scared of just your gown Ya got a nest of hair, thats why ya can't fit in your rat crown From here your feels will be like Jack and Jill, hill all down That's already happened, there's passion in my name Pain, gain, and fights - to me it's all in the same ballgame Your face shows yo smile is fake, my emotions are aflame What's up in yo mind? I'm a 13 female and already in the hall o fame This cray cray battle aint over yet, uh no way hozzay But'ta don't need to do nothin cept wait for da voters say! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com...
Rap Battle

You still think you're in this? Come on, all your lines were a miss You honestly don't expect You're gonna get me to crack Look, get off the stage and toss the mic Cuz my beat is fly and my bars are tight Going in like a hawk that's just taking flight Don't mess with me cuz I know how to fight I'm iced more than Antarctica But you're as barren as the tundra Watch me rule over my kingdom I'm the troll queen watch me swing dem So that's how I dominate 22 in my hand watch me rock this place Shots fired that's how I'm gonna beat your face You're obviously just a basket case Where'd your mind go gurl? You seem to be in a whirl I couldn't find any sense In your poetic hurl I don't remember if you mentioned eminem There's a million rappers better than him For me example watch I'm throwing it down The attack is still on call me Danny Brown [1] [1]
Rap Battle

No girl, you don't see, the point is not what you think Who are you chasing, mice? I see right through your lip sync Mace isn't a good word to use cuz now it's written in ink Well duh, your the queen who rules over the underground stink You think 2 Chainz is the king who has the raps of the best 'Say you game is harder than Tauheed Epp's hairy chest I didn't know you had the brains to think past this test Yeah you're different, that's for sure, but I'm like Kanye West [1] How can you be fastah than me? You sittin at a red light My syllables are whizzing, soon on your thumb I'll bite Im gettin closer, gon push you off this rap wall of heights My imagination going wild, it's windy, let's go fly some kites I don't see no crown on your empty nest head Queen of Stink you wear the rags used fo a bed You're fit for a pauper and you serve the rats The chase is done, mouse, my army is o big cats Bonaparte Bon you fell apart months ago, shall I now call you Hitler? Hypocrite hitler is a freekin wimp who was always a 1st grade scribbler Just like you he is, I figure it's all a story but it's the truth, you a critter Did I mention how I write for Eminem? I'm next generation's ripper [1]
Rap Battle

I see, that was cute, but let me cut to the chase You should understand me when I say I'm loaded with mace I see you claiming that people shouldn't feed the trolls But I'm the freaking queen, so now let's get this on a roll You don't have a way to win this Against my rhymes here let me spin this The name of my fame let's me go and claim That my game goes harder than 2 chainz Watch my beat as I'm going faster Ain't no limit so I guess I'll pass ya You gon' eat my dust just like that pasta So anytime you spit a bar, I guess I'll block ya Try to keep up, cuz I'm not letting down Speed demon pass by you as you lie on the ground I guess that smile just went full frown Call me the queen cuz I'm wearing the crown I'm driving this car go jump in the back I could do this forever, while your lines go whack I know it's true I'm white not black But call me Bonaparte cuz I'm on the attack I ain't gonna give up but you can call my bluff But you'll have to face me if you're tough enough All those lines you had were nothin but fluff My raps are hard and I like them rough
Rap Battle

Let's get this party started without missing a beat You'll see people hearty parting the red sea so neat Love and happiness, peace and joy I don't know where to start But we don't wanna realize this world's hatred is jist off the chart You think you know what you gon rap but we all know you too white Yo what's this o'er here? iza big outright bullyin bad@$$ fight Ma sisters back away as they say 'this'll be a entertaining sight' As you're stuck in the middle o' traffic, I rush past the yellow light See he-ah lil' girl why this type of fight not be exactly right or good for you Cuz why have two girls battling when one's too much for the other to chew? It's almost like a waste of time but for me it's just another win to brew This battle will be over before lil miss bonbon takes a bite of her candy slew Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, bleached his skin do you have that disorder too? I already arranged a time for you to meet with Quincy Jones, the skin transformer anew Roses are red, violets are blue, dandelions make you sneeze so whatcha think I'll do Miss Bon? I've got lots of strengths and weaknesses but mostly pros like a ghost swan thereupon a marathon You got no pros all you got is a skin disorder and fragility- why? - cuz your name is simpleton Con Yeah ima gal but it's not surprising, I write Eminem's raps til his original words are long gone.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

so your saying that because someone said Pete Maravich was the best ball handler of all time that makes him the greatest player of all time? I don't think so, Wilt Chamberlain did it all, scored, rebounded, played solid defense, won 2 championships in his career. I don't understand how Pete Maravich being the best ball handler of all time is relevant to him being the greatest player of all time. Your going to say someone that average under 25 points per game for his career and only averaged 5.4 assists and 4.2 rebounds. Someone that won 0 MVP awards can't be the greatest player of all time, he wasn't even the greatest player of his time period. According to http://www.basketball-reference.com... he was ranked as the 37th player of all time. You would have had better luck arguing with Michael Jordan beng the greatest of all time. Pete Maravich may have been the greatest college basketball player of all time but not the greatest player of all time.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

"perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in history" (1) "In an April 2010 interview, Hall of Fame player John Havlicek said "the best ball-handler of all time was (Pete) Maravich."" - Hall of famer John Havlecik Most points per game doesn't make you the greatest, but if they did, Pete would still have to be up there with the greatest. "Maravich scored 50 or more points six times and 40 or more points thirty-five times in the regular season. Maravich's career high in the playoffs was 37 points." (2) I'm not saying Wilt wasn't great, he was. But he was so tall, it didn't take nearly as much talent for him as it would have for a shorter player who had to actually work to get open. Wilt was always open, lol. (1)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 31, 2008. (2)http://en.wikipedia.org...
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

Pistol Pete averaged 24.3 points per game in the NBA, I am sure you will agree with me that the NBA is a much tougher league than College Basketball. However Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.2 points per game in one season and his career average in rebounds is 22.9. Pistiol Pete scored over 50 points 6 times in his career and Wilt averaged that over an 80 game span. Wilt is the only player to average over 40 points a game in a season. Yea he might of been taller but he went against other centers who were in the 6'8" range thats only about 5 inches. It's not like he was a whole foot taller than everyone, look at Yao Ming hes 7'6" does he score over 30 points a game and 20 rebounds? No he doesn't. Wilt Chamberlain also made the NBA change a foul shot rule because he would start from the the top of the key run and jump from the free throw line and dunk it. The stats that he put up are uncomparable to anyone in NBA history, he is the greatest of all time.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

Yea, yea. But he was so tall and back then people were shorter than they are today, at least on average. It doesn't take that much skill to just reach out and drop the ball in the basket. He was good, I'm not arguing that, but I don't think he was the "greatest" by any means. Just because he scored 100 in one game shouldn't make him the greatest player ever. I think Michael Jordan or Pistol Pete should be considered for this honor, however. "He is still the all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game." (1) Stats for Pistol Pete. Stats like that make someone the greatest. Michael Jordan obviously would be a contender.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball of all time. He is presumably the most dominant player that has ever played basketball. Think about it this way, he scored 100 points in one game, most teams dont score that many points on certain nights. One player can score more than a whole team has is impressive. Not only did he have those 100 points in one game but he also had 55 rebounds in one game. According to nba.com he is a holder of 72 nba records.
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all time

I'm not saying Pete is the greatest player ever, but Wilt is not. Jordan's career average ppg is 30.1 as well. Also, during the kincks 61-62 season, they were terrible. From 1960 to 1966, the Knicks fell on hard times, and they finished last in the NBA's Eastern Division every year. (1) So not only was wilt very tall and very good, the Warriors were playing the worse team in the Eastern division. He was a great basketball player. If it comes down to most points, I guess Abdul Jabaar should take it. over 38,000 points takes the cake. (1)-http://en.wikipedia.org...
Guns.

Alright i have accepted this debate and first i will state some things about how i debate. First i will not be posting 8000 character arguments, i will be making short arguments straight to the point of the issue. Second i will not be posting tons of facts and website links too look at i may post a few website URLs for debating purposes but other than that i will not be doing much of it. Alright i will begin by rebutting what you said. First about guns aloud in America, Yes i do believe we should be allowed to own guns, They are used for sport, self-defense and entertainment as well as creating jobs with a variety of Factories to produce parts for such weapons as well as Gun Stores and People who repair and clean firearms. Next, about the children, if a 6 year old got his hands on a gun and shot a 4 year old that is a irresponsible father who obviously doesn't know how to safely store his firearms or raise a child, if that were to ever happen that child should be taken away from that bad father. Second if only Law Enforcement Officers and Guards Had firearms they had better have them posted all over the streets and constantly paroling because last time i checked the average police response time is 10 minutes especially in my small town where the our Police Station is small, in 10 minutes the person could have murdered someone, robbed someone blind and made a sandwich with plenty of time to get away, if responding to a shooting police had better just bring body bags because 10 minutes is 10 minutes too late. Also what do you imply by "Living in these conditions" if your implying all this crime is caused by guns you are dreadfully wrong, our government refuses to crack down on the real issues and instead blames the guns instead of gangs and illegal guns trade, what about Obama "Fast And Furious" scandal where he was supposed to keep track of guns that were bring traded illegally and just lost track of them. The government is at huge fault for all the gun violence and crimes going on. If my loved one where ever held at gun point and got shot, id suggest buying them a gun to protect themselves next time because i highly doubt the criminal that was doing the shooting was worried about his gun license a making sure his gun was legal. Just to state, i beieve there should be SOME gun control, not like strictly regulated handguns that are hard to obtain, i mean people shouldnt be able to buy light machine guns or explosives like grenade launchers or RPG's that i do not agree with, nobody has such reason for those weapons and that is justified. Also if you want to get into the high capacity magazine lockdown we can get into that next arguement since that i also have a few opinions on. That sums it up for now I beileve guns should be allowed in America. I await your response.