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PZ Myers, an Uncommon card
Paul Zachary Myers is an American biologist and activist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science and atheism blog.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
PZ Myers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the PZ Myers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a critic of ______ design, the creationist movement, and pseudoscience.
Answer
intelligent. He is a critic of intelligent design, the creationist movement, and pseudoscience. From the PZ Myers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ the journal Nature listed Myers's Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist based on popularity.
Answer
2000s. In 2006 the journal Nature listed Myers's Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist based on popularity. From the PZ Myers article on Wikipedia.
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 is associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris where he works in the field of developmental biology.
- He is a critic of intelligent design, the creationist movement, and pseudoscience.
- In 2006 the journal Nature listed Myers's Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist based on popularity.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The PZ Myers article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, PZ Myers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Larry Moran (Per e-mail to PZ Myers), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
