The House Always Wins

Scientists say neutrinos may exceed the

speed of light. If so, could it mean the moon’s

really made of green cheese? That Einstein’s name

will be a footnote in physics books, or perhaps it

will just cease to exist? Could it be that God is

playing dice with the universe, after all? It’s difficult

now not to see relativity as, well, relative, to

question the whole time-space continuum, to cover

all our certainties with doubt. Everything’s now up

in the air. Consider the Big Bang and inflation. Will the

thought experiment now be how fast a yam,

traveling past light speed, can give us a glimpse of

the ridiculous? Are we doomed? Is the world a cartoon? A

casino? What are our odds in the house of God?