What is the meaning of life?

Question

Why do we exist?

Answer 1

I could never top this excellent answer that I received for a similar question (from YahooGuru4u), so I quote it here verbatim. Of course, I ruled out the answer "42."

"Darn you. You sucked me in with your question, then I get here and I see 42 is already taken. Now we really have to go on a trip and I'm without a towel. Well ok, let me see what I can come up with, shooting from the hip as it were.

My best guess is that the meaning of life, the universe and everything is "MORE". The quest for more seems to be at the center of all living creatures. All organizations be they organic or manmade seem to be trying to get "more". The universe itself is expanding, so I am told. As for "everything" anything that should happen to get created instantly becomes part of everything, so even everything seems to crave more. Yes I think I'll stick with the answer "MORE". What? Wait, just a minute, my wife is yelling something from the kitchen......

(long pause).....Hello I'm back again. My wife says the answer is "LESS" She says life is always moving toward death which by it's very nature is less life. The universe is made up of a limited quantity of everything and it is being used up also, so you have less now than in the past, and as for "everything" Well since everything gets used, you must have less of everything now than there was in the beginning.

So my wife and I will agree to disagree and say that the answer is: More or Less, or possibly More and Less. I guess that's pretty much the same as 42 because 4 is more and 2 is less. I'm getting a pain just behind my left eye from all of this thinking.

What!? Just a minute, my wife is yelling again!........ I'm back. She said I'd better get off this Yahoo Answers thing and come to the table if I want any dinner. I told her that I'll never have to come back to Yahoo Answers again because I just pretty much summed up life, the universe and everything. I'd better hurry if I want more to eat and less yelling. So long and thanks for all the fishes."

Happy Answering,
~Tia~
Live from the big, purple brain

Answer 2

We all exist to discover the meaning of the life.

Answer 3

Yes I suppose that lifestyles for repeat offenders is well.I imply rationale all these murders might were averted if the killers could have stayed in prison. I can relate to the sufferers households. My buddy was once killed in 1997 and they've no leads.An I realize frequently the jury allows them to off however come on if the man or lady killed greater than as soon as you already know hes going to do it once more.

Answer 4

There is no real right or wrong answer to that question. The meaning of life is different for everybody.

Answer 5

sir, time is everything, so we can say that life is portion of time which we can percieve with 5 senses. life ais a period which can be explained on theories and predications but a lot of theories collide also on a single defintion of life.
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Answer 6

I'm glad to see someone beat me to the 42!

Answer 7

i'm still working on that one, but i think that were like an experiment done by some higher power, he's trying to learn, and has no one to teach him, and therefor must expiriement.

Answer 8

We all have a purpose in life. Do you know what your purpose here is?

Answer 9

42.

Answer 10

Aaarrgghhh! So tired of this question! We are all pond slime that got lucky?