February 24, 2004
Big Bang
Timothy Ferris, the science journalist, wanted to find a new name for the Big Bang, something more dignified, so he held a contest. Nothing won. Somebody even had the gall to suggest Genesis. And so it remains. The Big Bang.
Stephen Hawking calls it the Singularity which, I take it, is about as unique as one can get. So is Stephen Hawking. So are you.
To think that an explosion of such magnitude could eventuate out of nowhere [© 2004] into us maybe just so it could get a spokesperson to make its case and name it, however mundane, causes one to get a real bang out of life — and God. A big bang, indeed.
[Maybe it’s even bigger than believing the Grand Canyon was spun off in a day or so.]