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What is the meaning of life?


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12 hours ago, A Random Kerbonaut said:

How is the meaning of life a stupid question? I find it influential.

a good question is one that goes somewhere, leads to new information, and more importantly new (good) questions. the meaning of life is a stupid question because it doesn't go anywhere. you can spend a lifetime hung up on it and not learn a thing in the process. 

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A man (M.) passes away and gets to the paradise.
After the greetings, he asks the welcoming person (P.).

M.: I have lived a long life, but still can't understand... Please, tell me... What was the meaning of my life?
P.: Do you really want to know?
M.: Very much...
P.: Do you remember, in 1973, you were on a train (say) Smalltown-Littletown?..
M.: Umm... Ye-es...
P.: And you have met companions...
M.: Ummm... Probably...
P.: And you went together to the restaurant car...
M.: Yes...
P.: And there was a woman sitting at the next table...
M.: Possibly...
P.: And she asked you to pass the salt...
M.: Yes, I've passed her the salt.
P.: Yes, you have passed her the salt.
M.: Yes, I have.
P.: So, and here you are...

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On 12/14/2019 at 6:09 AM, cubinator said:

No, that would be about 11110000010101100000011100011111010101000000100010100010011001000101110111110111011100011111110011100010011010101110101001110100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.

42 sounds snappier in hexadecimal - 2a

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What you are asking will give you a million answers. 

Is there a right and a wrong answer? Does it even matter? The meaning of life matters not to you nor anyone unless someone will commit to do something about it.

Meaning matters not until you're ready to commit. Until then... it's whatever.

 

Are you that someone?

 

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12 minutes ago, A Random Kerbonaut said:

I was just asking what you guys thought it was.

 

Why? 

Is it fun to see the responses? Are you hoping to find one that fits yours?

I can tell you that the internet is arguably more polarized than people truly are in real life, so every site is a virtual echo chamber with moderators enforcing which echoes occur.

Even Kerbal forums is this way.

Echo chambers are not bad per se... but the message may or may not be an 'echo' you wanna hear.

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10 hours ago, A Random Kerbonaut said:

I was just asking what you guys thought it was.

The life is a way to bring elements of order and predictability into the natural chaos.
The more sapient is the life, the greater is its influence since some moment.

Even if somebody just eats, drinks, and watches TV, he is still a part of this process, because instead of random natural combinations of atoms, he requires known and stable their combinations for nutruition, and infrastructure for support. So, he is not useless, he just uses his potential insufficiently. Not that at an animal level (as animals don't need food and TV industry), but he would do more, would be an actor rather than a motivator.

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19 hours ago, Spacescifi said:

 

Why? 

Is it fun to see the responses? Are you hoping to find one that fits yours?

I can tell you that the internet is arguably more polarized than people truly are in real life, so every site is a virtual echo chamber with moderators enforcing which echoes occur.

Even Kerbal forums is this way.

Echo chambers are not bad per se... but the message may or may not be an 'echo' you wanna hear.

It's just a part of my curiosity. I always wanted to know why I was put on Earth, and I wanted to see what other people thought the question's answer was.

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