by Ben Brown | Dec 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
On November 30th of this year, the tech overlords released an AI application called ChatGPT. In essence, if given a prompt about virtually anything (and I’ve tested it on relatively obscure topics), ChatGPT will generate a written response to that prompt. ...
by Ben Brown | Nov 10, 2022 | Fiat, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Team Policy
As any TPer knows, one of the most satisfying parts of the preparation process is when one stumbles across a golden piece of evidence, thinks of a killshot argument, or anything similarly incredible that looks like it all but guarantees a win against a given case. ...
by Ben Brown | Oct 26, 2022 | Communication/Rhetoric, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Team Policy
Almost everyone in the world uses the base ten number system, meaning that the value of the place furthest to the right of an integer is ten raised to the zero power (IE, one), and each successive place increases the value of this exponent by one. Ten to the one...
by Ben Brown | Sep 1, 2022 | Negative, Soapbox, Team Policy, Topicality
Resolved: You should get ice cream Mandate 1: Acquire chocolate ice cream at the local Walmart Mandate 2: Purchase sprinkles Mandate 3: Purchase chocolate fudge Mandate 4: Get some root beer in case anyone wants to make floats Mandate 5: Throw an ice cream party We’ve...
by Ben Brown | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mere days ago, NCFCA and Stoa announced that, in response to several practices in debate they disagree with, they will be implementing several new rule changes for their upcoming tournaments. In this article, we hope to give you a comprehensive summary of these...
