Did you ever see Thomas Pynchon and Louis Mackey in the same place together?

I've always had this crazy hunch (justified by absolutely nothing that could be counted as rational evidence) that Thomas Pynchon, his life, works and career had been created by my old Professor Louis Mackey. As I said, I have zero evidence to support this hunch, but had to write it down in case this Universe somehow made it come true. I suppose Pynchon could be upset that his life and his works could be attributed to someone else so irresponsibly, except that he would probably enjoy the mystery this would add to his already mysterious persona. I assume Dr. Mackey would have taken this as a compliment.