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Subject: What's the Point... of Life?
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Posted by: ImperialAdmiral
In truth, to seek for an answer to those questions is pointless.

All of these questions are ones with no answers to them. The road is endless, never ending.


No, it ends when you're buried six feet under after spending the precious little time you had contemplating whether or not you had some imaginary higher purpose and not continuing the survival of your species. Oh well, just one among roughly seven billion and rising doesn't amount to much.

  • 12.27.2012 8:35 PM PDT

Religion breeds hate


Posted by: Gaara444
To live obviously. It isn't rocket science.

  • 12.27.2012 8:35 PM PDT
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LOL @ ur SW@G

The point of Life is to love

  • 12.27.2012 8:36 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

not sure about girls but the point of life for men is to move forward:
*study hard to get a good job so you can afford a home, car and escorts
* exercise constantly to improve your muscles and heart

  • 12.27.2012 8:38 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Garem
That's simply untrue. Human life is much more than that.

Uh, like what else?

  • 12.27.2012 8:39 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Dead FallingCP
I find it funny how people think that soup can create the uber complex thing we know as life.

It's not a difficult-to-understand concept whatsoever. Go read a book, or something. Complexity is an arbitrarily defined attribute in terms of magnitude. The only thing humans currently have to compare themselves to in terms of complexity is all other organisms on this planet, so some people exhibit an extremely arrogant perspective on human intelligence. And the basic processes by which life develops in complexity are pretty simple, too.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 8:43 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 8:40 PM PDT

I prefer to not see you again. Id rather watch this world burn tenfold and be in a space that is near perfect.

I dont give a damn about any of you.
Posted by: Garem
Then you're not fulfilling humanity's ultimate goal. You're just being selfish.

  • 12.27.2012 8:41 PM PDT

Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
That's simply untrue. Human life is much more than that.

Uh, like what else?

Ever heard of a soul?

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.

  • 12.27.2012 8:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
That's simply untrue. Human life is much more than that.

Uh, like what else?

Ever heard of a soul?

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.


Compassion and morality are emotional values in a coldly logical world. Again, while it's great to have a functioning moral compass in the short term, it's of no consequence in the long term.

  • 12.27.2012 8:44 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Garem
Ever heard of a soul?

I have yet to see evidence indicating such a thing exists.

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.
Uh, exactly how did you deduce this? I'm pretty sure you're confusing your supposed source of compassion and morality with this organ called the "brain."

[Edited on 12.27.2012 8:46 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 8:45 PM PDT

To live.

Why was the universe created in the first place? It has no reason. It's simply there. Enjoy your stay.

  • 12.27.2012 8:47 PM PDT

Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
Ever heard of a soul?

I have yet to see evidence indicating such a thing exists.

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.
Uh, exactly how did you deduce this? I'm pretty sure you're confusing your supposed source of compassion and morality with this organ called the "brain."

A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.

  • 12.27.2012 8:47 PM PDT

Posted by: And Im Here Too
Posted by: Garem
Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
That's simply untrue. Human life is much more than that.

Uh, like what else?

Ever heard of a soul?

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.


Compassion and morality are emotional values in a coldly logical world. Again, while it's great to have a functioning moral compass in the short term, it's of no consequence in the long term.

A man is his morality.

  • 12.27.2012 8:48 PM PDT

Banned and proud of it.

To reproduce.

  • 12.27.2012 8:48 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Garem
A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.

I never assumed that it does. The burden of proof is on you. Until you actually provide evidence indicating that neural processes aren't the source of human thought, curiosity, and understanding of morality, then you've nothing but a wild conjecture. An argument from ignorance is no proper way to base your position.

  • 12.27.2012 8:48 PM PDT

[As of October 2012]
2013 ADFA Officer Cadet of the RAAF (Aerospace Engineer Electronics Officer).

The ultimate goal for human society is to reach as ideal a society as possible; a proper utopia. The other main goal is to expand and become a Type III civilisation, controlling our own fate.

As for what is the purpose of *life*, then realistically, there is none - species typically are driven to survive, pass on their genes, etc, but that's only as a means of species self-preservation. Why should we live? To experience? To act?

Either way, the question is one which is irrelevant to life. We don't need to have a universal purpose, or a meaning. We only require principles on which we can set our personal and societal goals.

As for the end of the road for technology, there theoretically probably is one, but we are absolutely no where even remotely a fraction of the way there. Our most advanced facilities struggle to deal with quantum mechanics. We understand the general gist of it, but we can't even produce a proper quantum computer yet. An end-of-the-road civilisation would have the ability to make an impact on the universe itself.

  • 12.27.2012 8:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: And Im Here Too
Posted by: Garem
Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
That's simply untrue. Human life is much more than that.

Uh, like what else?

Ever heard of a soul?

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.


Compassion and morality are emotional values in a coldly logical world. Again, while it's great to have a functioning moral compass in the short term, it's of no consequence in the long term.

A man is his morality.


And much like his morality that man is of no real importance in the Grand Scheme of Things.

The point of life is to deny your own death, which is a battle everyone is destined to lose. We reproduce to try to at least ensure our species as a whole is immortal, but no, eventually we're all going to die and possibly be replaced. Or maybe there won't be anything left.

And the universe goes on, indifferent.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 8:56 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 8:55 PM PDT

If you lived to be 100,
I want to live to 100 minus 1 ,
so I never have to spend a day without you.

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Posted by: Garem
Ever heard of a soul?

I have yet to see evidence indicating such a thing exists.

It's a way to develop our innate morality and compassion.
Uh, exactly how did you deduce this? I'm pretty sure you're confusing your supposed source of compassion and morality with this organ called the "brain."

A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.


As you are making the positive claim, (that a soul exists) you are the one who has to provide the evidence for it's existence. Not doing so leaves your argument on weak footing.

  • 12.27.2012 8:56 PM PDT

Stop banning me please.

OP wants to slit his wrists, I know it.

  • 12.27.2012 8:57 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDf6uRabKPE


Posted by: Dragonzzilla
Slow down there, boys and girls. I am NOT considering suicide. I am NOT emo or thinking of doing any questionable things usually linked to this question. I am simply asking this question to help creative writing. What is the point of life? What is the ultimate goal for human society? If there is other sapient life out there, will they have goals too? If the point of life is to advance, what about beings who have reached the end of the road? Is there an end of the road for technology?

Riddle me this, Flood.


Had me worried there. Women. Women are the point of life. Oh yeah and God don't forget that too buddy!

[Edited on 12.27.2012 8:58 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 8:58 PM PDT

Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.

I never assumed that it does. The burden of proof is on you. Until you actually provide evidence indicating that neural processes aren't the source of human thought, curiosity, and understanding of morality, then you've nothing but a wild conjecture. An argument from ignorance is no proper way to base your position.

Science doesn't solve everything, man. Ever heard of faith? And I'm not talking about religion here.

  • 12.27.2012 8:59 PM PDT

If you lived to be 100,
I want to live to 100 minus 1 ,
so I never have to spend a day without you.

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.

I never assumed that it does. The burden of proof is on you. Until you actually provide evidence indicating that neural processes aren't the source of human thought, curiosity, and understanding of morality, then you've nothing but a wild conjecture. An argument from ignorance is no proper way to base your position.

Science doesn't solve everything, man. Ever heard of faith? And I'm not talking about religion here.


So your saying your 'faith' is just an ever shrinking pocket of scientific ignorance? Is that how you want to play this game?

  • 12.27.2012 9:00 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Garem
Science doesn't solve everything, man.

It sure as hell solves a lot.

Ever heard of faith?
Belief without evidence?

Yeah, I'm not into illogicality. If you put "faith" into the assumption that a soul exists, that is still an entirely scientific proposal. You've postulated the existence of an inner-unnatural force that propels human nature, despite science, through work in neurology, already having understood what makes humans behave the way they do, how our mind functions.

It's a pointless gesture.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 9:02 PM PST]

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Garem
A lack of evidence doesn't equal a lack of existence.

I never assumed that it does. The burden of proof is on you. Until you actually provide evidence indicating that neural processes aren't the source of human thought, curiosity, and understanding of morality, then you've nothing but a wild conjecture. An argument from ignorance is no proper way to base your position.

Science doesn't solve everything, man. Ever heard of faith? And I'm not talking about religion here.


Faith in what? If you're not being religious, what are you talking about? There's no proof of souls or anything of that nature.

  • 12.27.2012 9:04 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

to live

  • 12.27.2012 9:04 PM PDT