Agree or disagree with reason not relating to The Hitchikers of the Galaxy. Please no references to personal theological beliefs...only facts
2006-08-01 06:48:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
somebody down there weighs 55pounds? Woah...eat something please
2006-08-01 07:00:23 · update #1
"What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:
Survival and temporal success
* ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
* ...to compete or co-operate with others
* ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
* ...to die having succeeded in your purpose
* ...to live
* ...to protect one's family
* ...to gain and exercise power
* ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
* ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction
* ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially
* ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
* ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
Wisdom and knowledge
* ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions
* ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers
* ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes
* ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
* ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life
* ...to expand one's perception of the world
Ethical
* ...to express compassion
* ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)
* ...to give and receive love
* ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
* ...to serve others, or do good deeds
* ...to work for justice and democracy
Religious, spiritual and esoteric
* ...to turn fear into joy at a constant rate achieving on literal and metaphorical levels: immortality, enlightenment and atonement
* ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context
* ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace
* ...to become God, or God-like
* ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)
* ...to follow the "Golden Rule"
* ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)
* ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife
* ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"
* ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
Other
* ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
* ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
* ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")
* ...to die, or become a martyr
* ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general
* ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time
* ...to have fun
* ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment
* ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
* ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
* ...to seek and find beauty
* ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)
* ...to participate in the chain events which has led from the creation of the universe until its possible end (either freely chosen or determined, this is a subject widely debated amongst philosophers)
* ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever (see nihilism)
* ...(This is actually an extension of the point immediately above) There is no inherent meaning to life, existence, the universe, etc. They exist because they can. However, humans appear to inately give meaning, usually many, often conflicting, to what they are conscious of. So, to each individual, the "meaning of life" is whatever they decide it is. In that sense, every point above is potentially valid.
2006-08-01 14:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm .. after toons of calculations that i made
( the whole calculation time takes longer than wall in front of my hows )
i come to descision that there coud be mistake in this calculation.
So i recalculate it again and again , and i'm true to descision that it's not 42 ... NOT AT ALL - it's 48 !
43 is becouse i'm 24 y old , i'm 175 tall and 55 weight and i succes to eat 2 hot dogs today ... .. so ...
175 - 24 - 55 = 96
96 /2 = 48 ... so the answer is 48 !!!
Anyway - it's independent calculation to each one of us :P
2006-08-01 13:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by Sun Sonic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 is just as valid as anything else. Why not 42? Of course it could be 36 or 788 but who knows. If the 'puter says 42 I'm prepared to go with that. Next question...
2006-08-01 13:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have "42" tattooed on me.
If you pay attention (I did) the # 42 comes up more often than almost any other #.
Yes, it is the answer to the meaning of life. Now if I could only remember the question.(Sorry, I couldnt help myself)
2006-08-01 21:00:27 · answer #4 · answered by tyger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to be born and then to die. Everything inbetween is up to you my friend and if your all about 42 then there ya go. Hope you enjoy the ride.
2006-08-01 13:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by the holy divine one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people always say 42, in my opinion it's because of 420, or, April 20th. that's national pot smoking day!<333
2006-08-01 15:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Amo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually the meaning should probably add up to 9, numerologically speaking, the # of completion
2006-08-01 13:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live , we die, we replenish the earth.. that is the meaning to everything
2006-08-01 14:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT QUITE
2006-08-01 13:54:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋