“Murphy’s Law—ladies and gentlemen—precedes our galaxy’s formation,” said Professor Wilcox.

  The predoctoral astrophysics students chuckled.

  “But, I do not joke. It’s true. If anything can go wrong, it will. A human contrivance that permeates our galaxy’s fate.”

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  A student raised a hand—“Surely you can’t be serious, Professor?”

  Professor Wilcox projected a future timeline:

  “As you see here, we fold space to reach the stars. But by catastrophic mishap we create a black hole that becomes supermassive. The cataclysm forms a new galaxy, hence a mere human causation. But, perhaps, it’s always been.”

  The students gasped and stared.