Comments on: What goes around comes around

By: Jason Failes

Jason Failes — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Well, we certainly make every effort to make it true.

However, there’s nothing to indicate that this goes beyond social self-regulation to actual karmic retribution.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:51:19 +0000

I have to go and look up the old Groucho Marks saying, which Jim Moore of San Diego has as his tag line on his emails….. Jim? Jim? Oh, OK, I’ll look through the old emails…

By: Valhar2000

Valhar2000 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:23:16 +0000

And, anyway, it’s not true.

You can take from others for you own gain, and give nothing back, and still succeed. All you have to do is to trick them into thinking that you are giving them something of equal value, or into thinking it’s not your fault.

Politicians, faith healers, televangelists and other Creatures from Under the Rocks do this all the time.

In fact, this idea of Karma, or any of its imitations, is probably one of the ways they manage to come out on top.

By: D. C. Sessions

D. C. Sessions — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:50:45 +0000

A scientist believing in karma?

It’s a handy term for an old observation on social dynamics.

By: Jackal

Jackal — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:45:05 +0000

If only it worked that way…

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:11:18 +0000

A scientist believing in karma? tsk tsk 😉