Recently historical musings brought me back to the board and once again I noticed a phenomenon that I hope will become known as Litvak's law:
As any tournament discussion grows longer, the probability of it devolving into an extended argument about a single science question approaches 1.
Litvak's law
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Litvak's law
Paul Litvak -- Michigan '02, Carnegie Mellon University '10
Re: Litvak's law
More like a single MUSIC question!
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
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"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Re: Litvak's law
Used to be science, is totally music these days.
Fred Morlan
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Re: Litvak's law
that is fantastic. Perhaps it should just be "a single question". I haven't seen the ICT thread but someone told me it devolved into a long argument on [a science related thing].
[Edited because ICT technically isn't clear--sorry, Paul!]
[Edited because ICT technically isn't clear--sorry, Paul!]
Paul Litvak -- Michigan '02, Carnegie Mellon University '10
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Re: Litvak's law
I don't think that set is clear yet.
Shan Kothari
Plymouth High School '10
Michigan State University '14
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Plymouth High School '10
Michigan State University '14
University of Minnesota '20
Re: Litvak's law
I think that your description of the crescendo in measure 3 of litvak's law is really unhelpfully worded, to the point of unbuzzability. In the future, when writing posts on Quizbowl laws, please try to reward musical understanding.
Jacob R., ex-Chicago
Re: Litvak's law
Put more than any two notable quizbowlers in a room, and the likelihood they will argue about anything approaches one.
Peter Cordeiro
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McMaster University, 2019 +/-1
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