"rubber science" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Coined by Norman Spinrad in his essay "Rubber Sciences", published in The Craft of Science Fiction (1976). He defined it as "pseudo-science […] made up by the writer with literary care that it not be discontinuous with the reader's realm of the possible." Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rubber science (uncountable)
  1. Convincing quasi-scientific explanations used in science fiction to aid the suspension of disbelief. Tags: uncountable
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