"Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit" meaning in All languages combined

See Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit [canonical]
Etymology: 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". Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Richard Dawkins|in=2006|nat=British|occ=evolutionary biologist|occ2=author}} Coined by British evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins in 2006 Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit}} 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. Wikipedia link: Boeing 747, Junkyard tornado, Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit
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