What do you think is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

The meaning of life is different for all that ask that question.
Life is somewhat like a beautiful women. beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. So it is with life.
For me it is derived from three simple words.
Purpose, meaning and fulfillment.

Answer 2

Life has no meaning. Life emerged through a complex chain of evolutionary events, dictated by the physical-chemical environment on the early Earth. The reducing atmosphere (one with only traces of oxygen and therefore a lack of reactive oxygen species which would attack chemical bonds), provided favourable energetic surroundings for the formation of relatively complex polymers from organic monomers which were already present on the primitive Earth. The monomers have been demonstrated to be from two sources: either formed from terrestrial synthetic pathways or were derived extraterrestrially from solar system materials. Over time, simple molecules developed into larger, more complex biological molecules and eventually to cells. Following further diversification, some cells developed that became metabolically capable of photosynthesis. This caused a cascade of irreversible events, interconnected by biogeochemical cycles. The atmosphere of the Earth changed to that of an oxidizing one and subsequently developed an ozone layer. The introduction of oxygen no longer supported the development of new life forms from the primordial building blocks, but instead supported the biological development and diversification of the early microorganisms. The ozone layer served as a means of protection, filtering the harmful UV radiation. These dramatic changes transformed the early Earth into our present day biosphere.

But life keeps on going, people keep on living, and we try to make the best of it. Then, when we all die, be it a meteor or the death of the sun, it is still possible that the Big Bang will happen again. As the universe expands, the combined gravity from all the matter within it tends to slow that expansion, much as the earth's gravity tries to pull a rising rocket back to the ground. If the pull is strong enough, the expansion will stop and reverse itself; if not, the cosmos will go on getting bigger, literally forever. Which is it? One way to find out is to weigh the cosmos—to add up all the stars and all the galaxies, calculate their gravity and compare that with the expansion rate of the universe. If the cosmos is moving at escape velocity, no Big Crunch.

Or two more universes could collide in the eleventh dimension and maybe life will emerge in a different universe.

Answer 3

Life is for Living!

Answer 4

The meaning of life is to discover something new and challenging everyday, waking up is also an achievement as you never know when your time is up. You only get one shot at this life so why complain about it? It's a wonderful gift.

Answer 5

I love how this question is never followed by the questioner's own thoughts.

To me, the meaning of life is about finding meaning.

Answer 6

Each person finds their individual "meaning" to life.

For some, it may involve marriage and family.
For another, it might be teaching an academic subject or tutoring a young artist or musician.
For another, it might be complete, total hedonism.
For another, it might be the life of a slacker; taking the path of least resistance wherever possible.

Answer 7

I think life has no meaning, people want to find meaning to there lives because they are not willing to accept the fact that they are not important (in comparison to the universe).

Answer 8

that is the question each person has to find the answer by themselves or even within themselves. life is the path to enlightenment. i believe that we are born again after we die. and each time/life we learn something new that helps us clear the dark cloud that covers our true nature. and our true nature is love. and when one does figure out the true meaning of life - it will be really hard to put it in words.

Answer 9

live, reproduce, die was my math teacher's answer....

mine is:
to experience the good things, the bad things, to be sad and happy and everything inbetween.

to make friends, to go out with them, to eat ice cream and pie with them, to go some place u've never gone before, to accomplish things that u doubt u could, to have imaginary friends (=P), to connect with ppl around the world...

to fall in love with a drop dead gorgeous and sensitive girl.... to be heartbroken...

or quite simply, the meaning of life is to simply b human =]

my algebra 2 teacher might be right about some things, but it's the things inbetween being born and dying that u should think about more often.... thinking about death is overrated

Answer 10

The true meaning of life is the sure knowledge of death for without it man would not strive to leave his mark upon the earth.