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What IF form: What if... (this person's topic) Remember this is still investigation and not any type of finalized ideas. <10 Questions: Unacceptable 10 Questions: C Level 10-20 Questions: B Level 25 or more: A Level Anything relating to Mr. Radek's Moustache is OFF LIMITS. You will fail. Groups:

Puppets: Helen Camilla Yelin

Unanimous: Jacob and Phillip
 * 1) What if a certain religion was proven to be true? (Religion - Phillip)
 * 2) What if people were perfectly rational? (Morality/Motivation - Phillip)
 * 3) What if computer were able to think?
 * 4) What if Hitler hadn't come to power?(History-Jacob)
 * 5) What if computers had never been invented?
 * 6) What if Germany had won World War II? (WWII - Jacob)
 * 7) What if the atomic bomb hadn't been created? (WWII - Jacob)
 * 8) What if the english language was remade to eliminate synonyms?
 * 9) What if a person was forced to use a more basic vocabulary?
 * 10) What if guns had never been invented?(History-Jacob)
 * 11) What if Germany hadn't held a grudge after World War I?(History-Jacob)
 * 12) What if the world only had one religion?
 * 13) What if all existing religions were scientifically proven to be false?
 * 14) What if people perceived bitter taste as pleasant?
 * 15) What if there were no public education system?
 * 16) What if Russia hadn't adopted communism?(History-Jacob)
 * 17) What if true equality was possible?
 * 18) What if the only form of government in existence was monarchy?(History-Jacob)
 * 19) What if cars had autopilot?
 * 20) What if guilt did not exist?
 * 21) What if computers were placed in charge of government?(Both)
 * 22) What if morality was an objective concept? (Morality - Phillip)
 * 23) What if everyone on Earth used the same currency? (Morality/Motivation - Phillip)
 * 24) What if history wasn't recorded? (History - Jacob)
 * 25) What if evolution was proven false? (Religion - Phillip)

Gift wRappers: Isaiah Jacquelyn Josh

Biology: Engineering: Psychology: Humor: Philosophy: Economics:
 * 1) What if rocks could come alive?
 * 2) What if evolution was disproved?
 * 3) What if bodies didn't decompose?
 * 4) What if all food was good for you?
 * 5) Is there a brain "muscle?" How does it work?
 * 6) Why hasn't the definition of death been changed?
 * 1) What if robots outsmarted humans?
 * 2) What if cars could fly?
 * 3) What if satellites could be used for transportation?
 * 4) What if planes left the atmosphere to travel?
 * 1) Does trust dominate all relationships? Why?
 * 2) Does the level of guilt change whether your convicting someone with a false memory of a murder (actually innocent) or if you're convicting someone who knows they're innocent? Why?
 * 3) Which is more wrong convicting someone innocent or protecting someone guilty? Why?
 * 4) What if people didn't/couldn't make first judgments?
 * 5) Could a holocaust happen in America today? Why or why not?
 * 6) What would happen if all laws were suspended for 12 hours? What does that say about mankind?
 * 1) What if people didn’t have humor?
 * 2) Why do people make other people laugh?
 * 3) Why do men enjoy dirty/violent jokes more than women?
 * 4) Why are accents funny?
 * 1) What if we proved or disproved religion?
 * 2) What if there were no what ifs?
 * 3) What if the Pope had murdered the previous Pope to come into power? What would people do?
 * 4) Is our concept of fairness fair?
 * 5) What if everyone had the same culture?
 * 1) What if America turned Communist? How would it affect the global capitalist economy

No Meg Usta: Meg, Kristi, Nick

Sha: Ali M, Sammy, Heather
 * 1) What if ethics wasn’t an issue in the progress of genetic testing?
 * 2) What if it was socially deemed unethical to challenge ethics?
 * 3) What if people were no longer feared being persecuted because of their ethics?
 * 4) What if you could create 2-D artwork based off of 3-D concepts?
 * 5) What if society was entirely based off of beauty?
 * 6) What if robotics was more about being aesthetically pleasing than functioning?
 * 7) What if all machinery was made to be a non-functioning piece of artwork?
 * 8) What if all messages in the media were simply stated outright?
 * 9) What if people could consciously ‘see’ and interpret subliminal messages?
 * 10) What if intelligence was solely genetic?
 * 11) What if genetics had no influence on one’s intelligence?
 * 12) What if artwork could exist in 2-D AND in 3-D?
 * 13) What if art had no meaning for existing other than it was pretty?
 * 14) What if our idea of beauty did a 180? What would it change to?
 * 15) What if every society perceived beauty the exact same way?
 * 16) What if the mentally and physically perfect child could be created through use of genetics? WOULD we want that?
 * 17) What if art was outlawed? How would that take away from society?
 * 18) What if genetically-inherited birth defects were preventable?
 * 19) What if every unborn child was screened for congenital defects and hereditary diseases?
 * 20) What if all hereditary diseases were diagnosed before a child was born?
 * 21) What if artwork consisted of all five senses?
 * 22) What if robotics was more employed in everyday life?
 * 23) What if people decided that using robotics for tasks was unethical? How would life as we know it change?
 * 24) What if you could exist in a scene during a video and fully experience the video through all five senses?
 * 25) What if everything was presented to have one message?

Shellfish: Katherine, Cali, Mike F What ifs for Mike: 1) What if you made a Mario Character of Katherine? 2) What if you Combined Mario and Pacman? 3) What if you changed the game colors? 4) What if you changed Mario difficulty? 5) What if you made Mario a community lke Sims?

MERJ: Joanna, Eric, Marlisa, Rishi

1. What if polygraphs are not accurate? 2. What if every knew how to detect lies? 3. What if there was no prejudice in the world? 4. What if the economy relates to discrimination? 5. What if crime rate is going up because of video games? 6. What if reading and writing could be taught at a younger age? 7. What if deaf people have their own mental language? 8. What if babies were taught more than one language? 9. What if people could remember early childhood? 10. What if none of our memories are actually real? 11. What if games are the reason for stupidity in the U.S? 12. What if people were better educated on prejudice and discrimination? 13. What if global warming isn't real? 14. What if inception was possible? 15. What if stage preformance wasn't scary for anyone? 16. What if there was a way to stimulate a real match during practice?

Sophistication: Kyle, Jiyan, Mike B, Dave 1. What if people replaced their spleen with a horses? 2. What if prosthetic limbs were more natural looking? 3. What if all businesses ignored social responsibilites? 4. What if the baby boom never happened? 5. What if the U.S. currency was still backed by gold? 6. What if we replaced all energy sources with nuclear energy? 7. What if every person carried a gun? 8. What if humans could regeneerate limbs? 9. What if the internal combustion energy was never invented? 10. What if there was no war? How would the extra people effect the economy? 11. What if tools were never invented? 12. What if racism was removed from the course of history? 13. What if the concept of tools was never invented? 14. What if we applied tighter restrictions on energy ussage? 15. What if steroids were legal in atheltic endevours? 16. What if alkaline metals were implemented as weapons of war? 17. What if schools emphasised more on math and science? 18. What if schools required healthy eating in the cafeteria setting? 19. What if we had an economic war? 20. What if laser welding and cutting were more available to the average person? 21. What if the U.S. were communist instead of capitalist? 22. What if good oral hygeine was mandatory? 23. What if self defense was taught in all schools? 24. What if we severely reduced the numbers of lawyers in the United States? 25. What if we severely simplified the U.S. tax code? 26. What if we could develop prosthetic limbs that are superior to their organic counterparts? A*S*S*A: Allie O, Alaina, Soumya, Susan

Danaynay: Amelia, Danny, Matt, Alyssa What if...

1) What if there was some way to experience synesthesia for someone who doesn’t have it without the use of illegal drugs? 2) What if there was a way to change the shapes of different smells? 3) What if there was a way to introduce synesthesia into someone’s DNA? 4) What if synesthesia could be used to teach children about colors and shapes? 5) What if synesthesia hinders children’s learning abilities? 6) What if synesthesia could be used so blind people could experience colors? 7) What if there was a way to create stem cells without violating people’s ethic? 8) What if there was a way to create stem cells from fat cells? 9) What if there was a way to turn normal human blood cells in to stem cells? 10) What if you could destroy cancer cells before a person even knows the have it with nanotechnology? 11) What if you could destroy bacteria and viruses before a person even knows the have it with nanotechnology? 12) What if you could create life with stem cells? 13) What if you could use nano robots to destroy specific viruses? 14) What if nano robots could be used to rewrite DNA code sequences? 15) What if a person would live longer if they lived on the moon? 16) What if a human could age at a slower rate due to an extreme gravitational force? 17) What if gravity had more of an effect on people than just attraction? 18) What if the universe stopped expanding? 19) What if the universe never stopped expanding? 20) What if empty space is not actually empty at all but is full of potential energy? 21) What if psychology could be used to make a person subconsciously believe that they are their character? 22) What if drama could be used to help people access old memories after a memory loss (such as a car crash or Alzheimer’s)? 23) What if there was a course available to high school students that taught psychology and drama? How would this improve appreciation for the arts/performance ability? 24) What if participating in drama and theatre productions could help people understand psychology? 25) What if taking a psychology course before any experience in theatre would improve a person’s natural ability to perform? 26) What if children were exposed to basic psychology and theatre principles at a young age? How would this affect their mental and social capacities? 27) What if all synesthesiacs tasted things the same way? Would candy be labeled “square-flavored” instead of cherry, for example?