0 an unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily
But there was always a deus ex machina for us when we were in trouble.
First of all, science by definition avoids the 'deus ex machina' assumption.
In the ancient drama it was deus ex machina that came in at the end to solve the problems of the play.
Lamarck's mechanism was not, as sometimes assumed, a desperate deus ex machina for explaining transgenerational memory.
The first is at what point the deus ex machina—the judgment—shall be brought in.
Jupiter descends in a storm as a deus ex machina to resolve the dilemma.
Nor are they simply a reflection of a superorganismic deus ex machina, whether we call it culture, social structure, or institutions.
To sort out the problems, they drag in a deus ex machina : leadership and propaganda.