National Debate Championship
Won the final on technology and human rights, against a field of seasoned national competitors.
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Debate results.
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Results
Results from competitions.
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Regional Parliamentary Series
Highest win rate across the season, in both opening and closing positions, across a wide spread of motions.
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Represented the country internationally, carrying research depth into cross-examination.
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Talks I've given.
The ethics of artificial intelligence in decision making
What it means to hand a moral decision to a system that cannot be held responsible for it.
Bridging science and society: the physicist's responsibility
A physicist who cannot explain their work in public has left the work unfinished.
The power of interdisciplinary thinking
How physics sharpened the code, and how debate sharpened the physics.
Four rules
I use these for papers and code reviews too.
Precision
Say it short, say it once.
Evidence
Claims have to survive scrutiny — sourced and reasoned, not asserted.
Empathy
State the other side in its strongest form before you answer it.
Impact
Meant to change a position.