Rachael and Melvyn...
2 On THE BIG BANG
R. Hi, Uncle Melvyn. Dropped in for another chat. About the Big Bang.
M. Oh yes! You believe in the Big Bang. Credo in explosionem magnam!
R. What’s wrong with the Big Bang then?
M. Not my field. You tell me about it.
R. Well…..First there was nothing…. then a load of energy tore nothing apart…. And turned it into matter and anti-matter…. and here we are.
M. Really? ….So where did this energy come from?
R. Out of nowhere I suppose.
M. Nowhere? An infinitely energetic nowhere?
R. Can you think of a better idea?
M. My job is to question everything. It’s called philosophy. So who thought up this Big Bang myth then?
R. Astronomers. They said that if the universe was whizzing apart all the time, that if you work backwards it must shrink back to nothing. That’s logic.
M. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And God said, “Let there be light!”
R. We sang that at school!…. Haydn’s Creation!
M. What did you say came before nothing?
R. Easy! Even more nothing.
M. H’m. Makes you wonder about which way time goes.
R. One thing still comes after another, doesn’t it?
M. God is said to be able to scan time from the beginning to the end of time in a moment. In the twinkling of an eye.
R. That doesn’t make sense.
M. Neither does subatomic physics, with its particles disappearing and reappearing at random, and being able to influence each other, however far apart.
R. So I should be able to communicate with my best friend, however far away?
M. Something like that. I think we need a marmalade toastie.
R. And a mug of tea.

Who are Rachael and Melvyn?

Rachael is a secondary schoolgirl, who has few friends except for Barney her black Labrador and her eccentric Uncle Melvyn. Her head is buzzing with questions, and only Uncle Melvyn seems to be able to fully understand them and make some sort of helpful reply, so she often calls round. They both have a weakness for Marmalade toasties.

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