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Heinz von Foerster, an Uncommon card
Heinz von Foerster was an Austrian-American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of second-order cybernetics.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Heinz von Foerster quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heinz von Foerster card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is well known for his 1960 Doomsday equation formula published in Science ______ future population growth.
Answer
predicting. He is well known for his 1960 Doomsday equation formula published in Science predicting future population growth. From the Heinz von Foerster article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was twice a Guggenheim fellow and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ____.
Answer
1980s. He was twice a Guggenheim fellow and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980. From the Heinz von Foerster article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Emperor Yuan of Han. Emperor Yuan of Han 68 · Heinz von Foerster 65 · Type 1936A destroyer 61 · Svetoslav Roerich 54 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was twice a Guggenheim fellow and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980.
- He is well known for his 1960 Doomsday equation formula published in Science predicting future population growth.
- As a polymath, he wrote nearly two hundred professional papers, gaining renown in fields ranging from computer science and artificial intelligence to epistemology, and researched high-speed electronics and electro-optics switching devices as a physicist, and in biophysics, the study of memory and knowledge.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heinz von Foerster article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Heinz von Foerster (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U of I publicity department, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
