Can’t Create, Won’t Create.

In this next round, the number of which is unknowable just like all the other rounds on this show, our contestants will be trying to make their own micro-universes, with the benefit of hindsight from having experienced ours. Douglas Adams once said that the creation of the universe made a lot of people very angry and had been widely regarded as a bad move, so they’ll either be making the best of a bad job or throwing some petrol on the dumpster fire that is our reality.

Each team has brought one special ingredient along, and I see that Yggdrasil and the swarm of imaginary space turtles have a 24-karat diamond pestle and mortar, presumably to really get the dust clouds properly homogenised. Meanwhile, Vishnu the Maintainer and his associated avatars have brought along the inner still point of self-realisation. If they can get to the life stage before time runs out, that’ll be really useful.

Alright, teams, on your marks… get set… start cooking!