Be it Resolved: Scientists and Engineers must Debate to Create a Better and Peaceful World

Scientists and engineers have influenced and transformed the world in both constructive and destructive directions. Since politicians and executives are decision makers, undoubtedly, to a larger extend, they should share the major blame for many destruction. However, we believe, it is also the inability and hence the silence of scientists and engineers (SEs) equally contributed to the cause. Therefore, it is the time for SEs to take an active role in shaping the future for our generations to have a peaceful world. As computing is influencing every aspect of our life, computer scientists and engineers (CSEs) have a major role to play in this mission. For that, they must to be trained on creative thinking and effective communication. Debating and technical writing are two most powerful ways to acquire these skills, and they are generally touted as requirements mainly for arts, management, and social science students. We advocate the need for training CSEs on debating skill so that they can effectively promote a peaceful world. The big question is how to include debate in core technical courses? To answer that, we will share our experience of having debates in some core computer science courses.