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Epic card · Science
Fermi paradox, an Epic card
The Fermi paradox is the seeming inconsistency between the lack of evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the apparently high likelihood of their existence.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 740,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Fermi paradox quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fermi paradox card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This happened at Los Alamos in 1950 with ______ Konopinski, Edward Teller, and Herbert York.
Answer
colleagues. This happened at Los Alamos in 1950 with colleagues Konopinski, Edward Teller, and Herbert York. From the Fermi paradox article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gerard Krefft. Gerard Krefft 97 · Albuquerque, New Mexico 94 · Fermi paradox 90 · Meningitis 84 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Anthony Fauci. Anthony Fauci 1,400,000 · Boeing 747 1,100,000 · Fermi paradox 740,000 · Gerard Krefft 4,400 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.
- In simple terms, the Fermi paradox asks why, given the vast number of stars and potentially habitable planets in our observable universe, there is no clear evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations.
- The paradox is named after physicist Enrico Fermi who blurted out the question, remembered by Emil Konopinski as "But where is everybody?", during lunchtime after the conversation had already moved on to other topics.
- This happened at Los Alamos in 1950 with colleagues Konopinski, Edward Teller, and Herbert York.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fermi paradox article was read about 740,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Fermi paradox
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fermi paradox (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Department of Energy-Office of Public Affairs, restored by Yann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
