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Futures studies, an Uncommon card
Futures studies, futures research or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social and technological advancement, and other environmental trends, often for the purpose of exploring how people may live and work in the future.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Futures studies quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Futures studies card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Futures studies are a branch of the social sciences and an ______ to the field of history.
Answer
extension. Futures studies are a branch of the social sciences and an extension to the field of history. From the Futures studies article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Islamic philosophy. Islamic philosophy 89 · Futures studies 83 · Supervised injection site 80 · Ariel 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Emergency medical services. Emergency medical services 76,000 · Futures studies 53,000 · GW170817 42,000 · Supervised injection site 32,000 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.
- Futures studies scholars make predictions of the future and aim at systematically exploring alternatives to the predictions.
- Futures studies are a branch of the social sciences and an extension to the field of history.
- Futures studies seeks to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly change.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Futures studies article was read about 53,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Futures studies
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Futures studies (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Courtesy of Ray Kurzweil and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.
