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Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit

Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit proper noun: a counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.

Proper noun

the Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit

  1. A counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.

Origin of Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit

Coined by British evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins in 2006 as a play on words on the "tornado sweeping through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 747".

Questions about Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit

What does Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit mean?
Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit means a counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.
What part of speech is Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit?
Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit is a proper noun.

Words near Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit in the dictionary

  1. ultimacy
  2. Ultimae Thules
  3. ultimas
  4. ultimata
  5. ultimate
  6. Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit
  7. ultimate disc
  8. ultimate frisbee
  9. ultimate sacrifice
  10. ultimate sacrifices
  11. ultimate tensile strength

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