# Carter catastrophe

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An early version of the doomsday argument.

## Etymology
Proposed by Cambridge cosmologist Brandon Carter in 1983.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carter-catastrophe