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Richard Semon, a Common card
Richard Wolfgang Semon was a German zoologist, explorer, evolutionary biologist and memory researcher who believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics and applied this to social evolution.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Semon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Semon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known for coining the terms engram and ______.
Answer
ecphory. He is known for coining the terms engram and ecphory. From the Richard Semon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Court of Audit. Court of Audit 63 · Richard Semon 60 · William Edward Ayrton 57 · Principality of Peremyshl 54 ATK in WikiCards.
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 known for coining the terms engram and ecphory.
- He wrote about these ideas in his book Die Mneme.
- He propounded the idea that organisms acquired bodily memory based on environment and experience that was imprinted in tissues and could be transmitted across generations, a form of epigenetics.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Semon article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Richard Semon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Semon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : anonymous/unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
