2024 KS Bull Issue 1

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KS Bull 2024 | Issue 1 © Raffles Institution Unauthorised copying, sharing & distribution prohibited 2 CONTENTS 2023 Year 6 GP Prelim | Paper 1 Consider the role of social media in shaping public opinion. 1 Christine Fahboety Kho | 23S03C 4 ‘The solution to climate change is not to be found in technology but by having a simpler lifestyle’ How far do you agree? 2 Noh Sang Geun | 23S06Q 7 Consider the value of humour. 3 Jolene Yee Xin Yi | 23S03A 11 Is a thriving economy the best measure of a good government? 4 Clara Tan Hui En | 23S03E 13 5 Hui Zhou Rong Isaiah | 23A01B 16 6 Wu Yu | 23A01A 20 2023 Year 6 GP Prelim | Paper 2 7 Passage 23 AQ Responses 8 Eugene Tan Heok Pong | 23S03I 26 2023 Year 5 GP Promo | Paper 2 9 Passage 28 AQ Responses 10 Alexander Mark Amaraganthan | 24A01A 30 11 Wong Yu Wen | 24A01B 32

KS Bull 2024 | Issue 1 © Raffles Institution Unauthorised copying, sharing & distribution prohibited 3 2022 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 1 Critically assess the view that only two conditions are required for knowledge: justification and belief. produced, but they share more similarities than is commonly believed.’ Discuss. 12 Raphael Niu Zi Yuan | 23A01A 34 ‘Mathematical and aesthetic inquiries seem to differ in terms of the objectivity of knowledge produced, but they share more similarities than is commonly believed.’ Discuss. 13 Keith Chan Soong-Lin | 23S06Q 37 Critically assess the view that the possibility of manipulating historical facts should lead us to conclude that there is no truth in history. 14 Liu Wancheng | 23A01A 41 15 Raphael Niu Zi Yuan | 23A01A 44 2022 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 1 16 Passage 47 Responses 17 Lau Ian Kai Ethan | 23A01A 49 18 Raphael Niu Zi Yuan | 23A01A 51 2022 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 2 19 Passage 54 Responses 20 Keith Chan Soong-Lin | 23S06Q 55 21 Raphael Niu Zi Yuan | 23A01A 57 2022 Year 6 KI Prelim | Paper 2 | Question 3 21 Passage 58 22 Raphael Niu Zi Yuan | 23A01A 59 Editorial Team 61

KS Bull 2024 | Issue 1 © Raffles Institution Unauthorised copying, sharing & distribution prohibited 4 From its introduction into our society, social media has become a key player in providing new insights into the many political issues of today. In fact, it has become the fastest and most effective way to publicise any piece of news, whether that is