"Carter catastrophe" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Proposed by Cambridge cosmologist Brandon Carter in 1983. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Carter catastrophe
  1. An early version of the doomsday argument. Wikipedia link: Brandon Carter
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