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Rare card · Science
Transhumanism, a Rare card
Transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that advocates using existing, emerging, and speculative technologies to enhance humans beyond current natural limitations, particularly by extending longevity and improving cognition, health, and well-being.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Transhumanism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Transhumanism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Key areas of inquiry include ______, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science.
Answer
nanotechnology. Key areas of inquiry include nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science. From the Transhumanism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Economics. Economics 93 · Transhumanism 89 · Stellar classification 86 · Terence McKenna 83 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.
- Drawing on developments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as longstanding themes in science fiction, transhumanism explores the ramifications, promises, and potential dangers associated with human enhancement technologies.
- Key areas of inquiry include nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science.
- Transhumanists envision that the convergence of advanced human enhancement technologies could eventually enable humans to become "posthumans", beings whose capacities exceed those of present-day humans.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Transhumanism article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Transhumanism
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Transhumanism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
