Colvin science
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A question that claims to fill part of a science distribution, but that is fraudulently answered by players who know nothing about science. After Matt Colvin.
The presence of these materials in a "science" question will usually identify it as Colvin science:
- biographical clues about scientists
- taxonomy
- the geologic time scale
- clues about Greek and Latin roots privileged over clues about actual science
- pseudosciences and antisciences, such as creationism, Velikovskyism, and cryptozoology
A team at the 1996 Philly Experiment played under the name "She Blinded Me with Colvin Science."