Colvin science

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."