Well, that's actually quite a big question that philosophers have speculated and contemplated for many years. There are many buddist texts on the subject, I would recommend Reading the "Bahagvad Gita" and "Tibeten Book of the Dead". Sarte and Godel Esher Bach tend to shake their head at even the hint of "Karma" being a true force in the reality in which we reside...eh what.....Nevermind....
You meant in the context of this forum...Yeh well they're like brownie points, you give "Karma points" thumbs up/down for good or bad posts, kinda like voting!
