The phrase “what you give to the universe, it gives back to you” is poetry, not physics.
There is no known mechanism in cosmology, quantum mechanics, or any other branch of science where the universe tracks your generosity and sends you matching rewards. The universe is mostly vacuum, radiation, and indifferent thermodynamics. Supernovae do not check your moral ledger before exploding. That said, the idea survives because it maps onto real social […]
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