Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carter catastrophe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: carter -catas-tro-phe
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An early version of the doomsday argument.

Example Sentences

"Carter chose not to publish on doomsday, discussing it only in seminars where he thought it could get a fair hearing. In this way the doomsday argument began as a secret, almost samizdat doctrine, known to a few as the “Carter catastrophe.”"

Etymology

Proposed by Cambridge cosmologist Brandon Carter in 1983.

Questions

What does carter catastrophe mean?: An early version of the doomsday argument.
Where does carter catastrophe come from?: Proposed by Cambridge cosmologist Brandon Carter in 1983.

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