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2007-05-08 10:31:35 · 4 answers · asked by emily b 2 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Faster horses, older whiskey, younger women and more money.

2007-05-08 10:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

The following isn't directed at the questioner, this is just my take (rant) on the whole concept:

That question has always annoyed me greatly. Why? Because it does not make sense. Read it back to yourself once again. What is the meaning of life. Not "what is the meaning of the word 'life'", nor, "What is the purpose of life". The "meaning"...

Grammatically it is hogswash, at least it is to me. It's one of those questions that cannot be answered purely because the question isn't actually asking anything.

I mean, let's assume for a moment that it does. Does anyone even understand what it is asking? Would we even know if it were answered? Some ancient truth or wisdom? It's all suitably vague and nonsensical.

I know what the *purpose* of life is: to live long enough to reproduce, and to ensure that your offspring do the same. That is biologically demonstrable. I also know what life means: it is synonymous with creatures that are living, that undergo the processes deemed necessary for life. But the "meaning of life" is meaningless. It makes about as much sense as "all mimsy were the borogroves".

I mean, you can reinterpret it into other questions that actually have a well defined issue, such as "what is valuable in life?" and "what is the nature of life?", which, while I find almost as annoying, at least have some sort of context.

Beyond that I know that there are spiritual, philosophical and theist reasoning, among others, that can be sought in order to answer these derivatives, and you're welcome to it. It is just the frequent expression of the concept that grinds my gears because it doesn't really address anything.

Though I do often find that people answer with a philosophical or religious purpose of life, rather than the meaning of it. And who can blame them?

Unsurprisingly, therefore, my answer is a resounding 42.

That's 47 when adjusted for inflation.

2007-05-08 18:52:14 · answer #2 · answered by Bullet Magnet 4 · 0 0

It's a good question....philosophers have been grappling with it for centuries....in fact...that is the purpose of philosophy....to find the reason and meaning for being...that is, why are any of us alive and aware in the middle of infinite time and and eternity? .Religionists say we are here to learn to love and love to learn. Buddhists, those that believe in the recycling of life, say we keep coming back until we reach enlightenment and when that is attained we no longer have to be reborn into a world of suffering. For me, the meaning of life is to evolve, to try and to learn and to make a choice. And that is to declare whether we are with the legions of light, those that stand for good or members of the forces of darkness, the army of those who stand for destruction. In the end, for the universe to exist in the first place it needs an observer, us....life.

2007-05-08 19:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by Joline 6 · 0 0

to read and understand your question at the moment."the earliest navigators of the globe".Toooomorow will be diffrent.

2007-05-09 14:10:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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