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Bret Weinstein, a Rare card
Bret Samuel Weinstein is an American podcaster, author, and former professor of evolutionary biology.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Bret Weinstein quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bret Weinstein card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Weinstein has been a ______ purveyor of false statements about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and misinformation about HIV/AIDS.
Answer
prominent. Weinstein has been a prominent purveyor of false statements about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and misinformation about HIV/AIDS. From the Bret Weinstein article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Like his brother Eric Weinstein, he was named as a member of the intellectual dark web in a ____ New York Times essay by columnist Bari Weiss.
Answer
2010s. Like his brother Eric Weinstein, he was named as a member of the intellectual dark web in a 2018 New York Times essay by columnist Bari Weiss. From the Bret Weinstein article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Catatonia. Catatonia 81 · Ludwig Boltzmann 76 · Bret Weinstein 73 · Celery 69 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- He served on the faculty of Evergreen State College from 2002 until 2017, when he resigned in the aftermath of a series of campus protests about racial equity at Evergreen, which brought Weinstein to national attention.
- Like his brother Eric Weinstein, he was named as a member of the intellectual dark web in a 2018 New York Times essay by columnist Bari Weiss.
- Weinstein has been a prominent purveyor of false statements about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and misinformation about HIV/AIDS.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bret Weinstein article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Bret Weinstein
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- CeleryRare · Society · ATK 69 DEF 77
- Maluku IslandsRare · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 74
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bret Weinstein (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
