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'''SCIENCE!''' is an exclamation, derived from Magnus Pike's spirited interjection in the Thomas Dolby song "She Blinded Me With Science," which denotes one or both of the following situations: | '''SCIENCE!''' is an exclamation, derived from Magnus Pike's spirited interjection in the Thomas Dolby song "She Blinded Me With Science," which denotes one or both of the following situations: | ||
*a poorly written science question or a science question on an answer that is borderline science at best (science biography, the Leidenfrost effect, names of programming languages with "Codey McWhitespace invented it in 1968" type clues) | *a poorly written science question or a science question on an answer that is borderline science at best (science biography, the Leidenfrost effect, names of programming languages with "Codey McWhitespace invented it in 1968" type clues) | ||
| − | *a person with no [[real knowledge]] of science getting a science question through some kind of [[fraud|fraudulent]] play | + | *a person with no [[real knowledge]] of science getting a science question through some kind of [[fraud|fraudulent]] play</onlyinclude> |
SCIENCE! is closely related to its sub-disciplines PHYSICS! and GEOSYSTEMS!?, the latter of which is the name of an actual class at [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|TJHSST]] and [[Wilmington Charter]]. | SCIENCE! is closely related to its sub-disciplines PHYSICS! and GEOSYSTEMS!?, the latter of which is the name of an actual class at [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|TJHSST]] and [[Wilmington Charter]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 27 October 2021
SCIENCE! is an exclamation, derived from Magnus Pike's spirited interjection in the Thomas Dolby song "She Blinded Me With Science," which denotes one or both of the following situations:
- a poorly written science question or a science question on an answer that is borderline science at best (science biography, the Leidenfrost effect, names of programming languages with "Codey McWhitespace invented it in 1968" type clues)
- a person with no real knowledge of science getting a science question through some kind of fraudulent play
SCIENCE! is closely related to its sub-disciplines PHYSICS! and GEOSYSTEMS!?, the latter of which is the name of an actual class at TJHSST and Wilmington Charter.
See also CLOOS and illiterature.