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.

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Meanings

proper nounthe 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

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".

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APA

Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ultimate%20Boeing%20747%20gambit

MLA

“Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ultimate%20Boeing%20747%20gambit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ultimate%20Boeing%20747%20gambit.

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