Whatever one thinks of all those religiously-inspired creation myths, they are a lot more plausible than a supposedly scientific theory that the Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, half of which then magically, mysteriously or miraculously – take your pick – disappears.

As if that weren’t bad enough, then another unexplained event happens: superinflation.

When the smoke clears and the mirrors appear, we are left with a universe in which 94 per cent of everything is unaccounted for. Statistically speaking (how we love those stats), that’s pretty much a theory that explains nothing. In homage to Hollywood, the ultimate creator of fantasies, we might consider renaming it ‘the Greatest Con Job Ever Sold’.

Maybe we should take an expression from Leonard Cohen’s songbook: “Start again, I heard them say.”

Can’t stop to chat, here comes my UFO now...