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Uncommon card · Science
Brainwashing, an Uncommon card
Brainwashing refers to the idea that an individual can get someone to adopt a particular doctrine or belief using purported methods that manipulate action or thought against a person's will, desire, or knowledge.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Ranked #1,336 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Brainwashing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brainwashing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The term "brainwashing" was first used in English by Edward Hunter in ____ to describe how the Chinese government appeared to make people cooperate with them during the Korean War.
Answer
1950s. The term "brainwashing" was first used in English by Edward Hunter in 1950 to describe how the Chinese government appeared to make people cooperate with them during the Korean War. From the Brainwashing article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Botany. Botany 89 · Electrocardiography 85 · Brainwashing 81 · Cogito, ergo sum 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Electrocardiography. Electrocardiography 360,000 · Satellite 260,000 · Brainwashing 180,000 · Barnard's Star 140,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The term "brainwashing" was first used in English by Edward Hunter in 1950 to describe how the Chinese government appeared to make people cooperate with them during the Korean War.
- Theories of brainwashing and of mind control were originally developed to explain how totalitarian regimes appeared to systematically indoctrinate prisoners of war through propaganda and torture techniques.
- These theories were later expanded and modified by psychologists including Margaret Singer and Philip Zimbardo to explain a wider range of phenomena, especially conversions to some new religious movements.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brainwashing article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Brainwashing
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brainwashing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Iris Tong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
