I don't answer the door for you guys, stay off my internet too!
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I'm not sure if anyone has seen this before but, if you look at it you can realize truly how insignificant we are in the universe.
There is no meaning to life, it just happens to be there. just like the reason for having planets and stars, it just is.
Do you mean that we are still evolving, or are you trying to say that the concept of evolution is incomplete with us?spartan317 said:Evolution is incomplete.
Obviously this statement is relevant to what your beliefs are about life and what one ought to do with it, or work towards. Posing your beliefs as simple facts isn't very helpful.If we want to continue existing in this universe then we need to refocus on cleaning the Earth and perfecting space travel. If we are still here when the sun starts to expand then nothing we have accomplished will matter.
You are a product of what came before, just as what follows will be a product of the present. No?WickedLiquid said:No, I need to justify my existence with something logical.UrbanMasque said:Do you need to justify your existence with a purpose?
This is true, but I think the more relevant fear is that of permanence, impermanence, and consequence. People are scared of making unfavourable decisions knowing that they can't be undone.UrbanMasque said:People are scared of what they don't know.
Many people claim to know the answer to many things. It doesn't necessarily reflect the truth, or carry significance to other individuals.De-Ting said:What if I told you that I, and millions of others, know the answer?
I think meaning and purpose can be separate questions, although usually related. I like what you say. Given that all sorts of things can make us happy -- good and bad, as you point out -- when I look at it, it seems like everything is making us happy, overall and in general. So I often tell people that it's not about finding the meaning of life, but that life is made meaningful through experience. (This is like my catchphrase.)Bretimus_v2 said:For me, the meaning of life is to find things that make us happy.
Not entirely with you on the former. Completely with you on the latter.I personally believe in the divine. I believe in our insiginificance on a universal level and our supreme significance in the lives of those we love.
Well, the Ultimate Question is of life, the universe, and everything. So it does fit, because they're asking why everything is.Rakon said:
I can't f****** stand when people answer this question using this answer. They think they are being so clever because they are referencing a sci-fi/comedy book that they most likely have not read. If you did read it, you'd know that 42 isn't the meaning of life, it's the answer to the ultimate question. It's the question that we don't know, which is the brilliant philosophical point that Adams is trying to make: we can't know the answer, because we don't know the question.
Sightless said:Do you mean that we are still evolving, or are you trying to say that the concept of evolution is incomplete with us?spartan317 said:Evolution is incomplete.
Longo_2_guns said:Well, the Ultimate Question is of life, the universe, and everything. So it does fit, because they're asking why everything is.Rakon said:
I can't f****** stand when people answer this question using this answer. They think they are being so clever because they are referencing a sci-fi/comedy book that they most likely have not read. If you did read it, you'd know that 42 isn't the meaning of life, it's the answer to the ultimate question. It's the question that we don't know, which is the brilliant philosophical point that Adams is trying to make: we can't know the answer, because we don't know the question.
And the other thing is that in many of the other books, it still comes up, even with people who don't know the outcome. And the simplicity of the answer of "42" says more than just that we don't know the question, but perhaps the question and the answer are just, that, simple. What if all this time we've been searching the ends of the universe for the answer, and it's right in front of us all along? What if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about? While I wouldn't quite call Adams a genius, he's a very, very clever man, so there's more to it than what's just outright stated in the book.
Basically, it represents the whole "we'll never know" part of the meaning of everything in all sorts of ways. So why not say it? If some people just go "HA! Hitchhikers. I loved that movie!" Then f*** them. But if you sacrifice something truly deep and beautiful because of idiots, then they win, and you lose. And when idiots win, no one wins.
And that also ties into my purpose. I believe it's my duty to keep idiots from winning. That's the answer I've found, so I'm going to keep doing it.
De-Ting said:You can't know of it's significance if you haven't heard it yet. Anyway, what I'm saying is I have an explanation, just like some of you claim to have, and if you want to know it, you can just ask me.