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Robert Anton Wilson, an Uncommon card
Robert Anton Wilson was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 96,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert Anton Wilson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert Anton Wilson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Recognized within Discordianism as an ______, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews.
Answer
Episkopos. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews. From the Robert Anton Wilson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth".
Answer
1990s. In 1999 he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". From the Robert Anton Wilson article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews.
- In 1999 he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth".
- Wilson's goal was "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything." In addition to writing several science-fiction novels, Wilson also wrote non-fiction books on extrasensory perception, mental telepathy, metaphysics, paranormal experiences, conspiracy theory, sex, drugs, and what Wilson called "quantum psychology".
Why it is Uncommon
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Text : Wikipedia, Robert Anton Wilson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : frankenstoen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
