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Uncommon card · Science
Infinite regress, an Uncommon card
Infinite regress is a philosophical concept to describe a series of entities.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 78,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Infinite regress quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Infinite regress card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Each entity in the series depends on its ______, following a recursive principle.
Answer
predecessor. Each entity in the series depends on its predecessor, following a recursive principle. From the Infinite regress article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Arawakan languages. Arawakan languages 84 · Cinematography 79 · Psalm 91 71 · Infinite regress 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cinematography. Cinematography 99,000 · Infinite regress 78,000 · James Prescott Joule 61,000 · Castor 44,000 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.
- Each entity in the series depends on its predecessor, following a recursive principle.
- For example, the epistemic regress is a series of beliefs in which the justification of each belief depends on the justification of the belief that comes before it.
- An infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Infinite regress article was read about 78,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Infinite regress
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Infinite regress in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Zapotec civilizationUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 64
- Psalm 91Uncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 63
- Arawakan languagesUncommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 50
- Barrier islandUncommon · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 64
- BossUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 62
- Corpus Juris CivilisUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Infinite regress (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mx. Granger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
