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Forrest Gump - "Life is like a box of chocolate":

Of course we all have our opinions what is yours?

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Want a true meaning? It's to reproduce, and spread our species.

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Eh....hard to say.

 

To me the meaning of life is happiness. If you can't achieve any small measure of it, it isn't a life. But I also feel like we shouldn't understand it.

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Wishing leads to ambition and ambition leads to motivation and motivation leads to me building an illegal rocket ship in my backyard.

 

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Hitch hikers guide to the universe!

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Wishing leads to ambition and ambition leads to motivation and motivation leads to me building an illegal rocket ship in my backyard.

 

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I take what is coming, if i dont like it i kill it so to speak.

life to me is simply bacteria but then how are my traits already written down by star sign....

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Want a true meaning? It's to reproduce, and spread our species.

 

This.

 

No. That is the meaning of our existence. Not life. Saying the meaning of life is to reproduce is to ignore the human consciousness. 

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IMHO Love is the meaning of life. You have not lived until you have loved and have been loved.

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Life in general is meaning less, including human life. But, if one chooses, it can be lived while pursuing intellectually stimulating pursuits; like figuring out the meaning of life. 

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No. That is the meaning of our existence. Not life.

Take the topic how you want. If all of life shares a common meaning then all of life should exhibit said meaning. That includes the species capable of space travel to that of the lonely single cell bacteria. So far there are 7 characteristics we observe in life. Organization, metabolism, response to stimuli, homeostasis, growth and development, reproduction, and evolution. The one creatures feverishly spend the most energy at, even at the cost of their own lives (2 male animals competing over a mate) is reproduction. When something is at such a high priority that life will end itself to try to fulfill said goal is why I conclude on reproduction.  

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I think to figure out the meaning of life, if there is one, we first need to understand what life even is. We have no clue what make's us sentient, and in order to contemplate our existence sentience is something we need. Discover how sentience occurs and maybe you will discover the meaning of life.

 

I don't really think there is one personally.

 

 

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To die. We're all slowly dying. The meaning is to die.

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To accept yourself as a thought of the universe and start understanding that life don't need a meaning after all. We are love, in all facets. For that split second we existed.

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Take the topic how you want. If all of life shares a common meaning then all of life should exhibit said meaning. That includes the species capable of space travel to that of the lonely single cell bacteria. So far there are 7 characteristics we observe in life. Organization, metabolism, response to stimuli, homeostasis, growth and development, reproduction, and evolution. The one creatures feverishly spend the most energy at, even at the cost of their own lives (2 male animals competing over a mate) is reproduction. When something is at such a high priority that life will end itself to try to fulfill said goal is why I conclude on reproduction.  

 

Well what you're talking about is biological life. Would you say a sentient being is lifeless if it didn't have those qualities. Suppose a self-aware AI exist so advanced that its choices are its own and not to benefit humankind. What now? What would you say the meaning of its life is. Its existence WAS to benefit humankind, just as the existence of life WAS to pass on better genes. But with our consciousness, life is more than just passing on genes. We can make life mean more. Or less. You can live your life as a virgin. Or live it by having sex with as many people as you want. Or you can live life to create art, to enrich culture. Tbh we have transcended beyond just "passing on genes".

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There is no all encompassing meaning of life. We are all just evolved sacks of self sustaining chemical reactions living on a spherical pile of molten rock in the midst of a universe of hostile emptiness.

 

The best we can due is, as individuals, give our own lives a purpose.

 

My purpose is to try and benefit everyone in society through rational, scientific thought. If I can make at least a few people live better, more fulfilling lives, then I have succeeded as an individual in the most honest, realistic, and honorable cause any person has ever been faced with.

 

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Well what you're talking about is biological life. Would you say a sentient being is lifeless if it didn't have those qualities. Suppose a self-aware AI exist so advanced that its choices are its own and not to benefit humankind. What now? What would you say the meaning of its life is. Its existence WAS to benefit humankind, just as the existence of life WAS to pass on better genes. But with our consciousness, life is more than just passing on genes. We can make life mean more. Or less. You can live your life as a virgin. Or live it by having sex with as many people as you want. Or you can live life to create art, to enrich culture. Tbh we have transcended beyond just "passing on genes".

An individuals ability to fulfill certain aspects doesn't mean the characteristic no longer represent the species. Plenty of salmon are ate by a bear before they reproduce once. Most of our ancestors lived just like any other animal in the wild. Agriculture is a fairly new thing. It came about 10,000-12,000 years ago considering our species have been around roughly 7 million years. Did the meaning of life change just because we can now ponder it? Our earliest ancestors didn't have art, "culture" or anything beyond basic animal instinct. They roamed and hunted (pre cave man). When did the meaning of life change to suit our species, our sentience, and specifically the most modern generations of our species? That is why I go with reproduction or no meaning at all. Plus I'm sure you're aware that major computer viruses do like to spread, evolve, respond to trying to be removed, eat computer resources, etc. Not that I consider them alive but they mimic life much better than an AI which only mimic's our intelligence. And since you seem like a good person, and this has stayed respectful with no name calling, you will probably get a kick out of this. 

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And since you seem like a good person, and this has stayed respectful with no name calling, you will probably get a kick out of this. 

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/11/openworm-project-robot-thinks-it-is-a-worm/

Just because we have differing opinions, doesn't mean I should insult you  ;)

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Want a true meaning? It's to reproduce, and spread our species.

But you know then you just get in this loop where everybody is so busy reproducing nothing else ever gets done so there's not longer a point in reproducing because the next generation will just consume more resources and not do anything except for reproduce again repeating the cycle.

 

 

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