The Meaning of Life

Do you think every individual has a different purpose in life?

  • Yes

    Votes: 40 64.5%

  • No

    Votes: 11 17.7%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 11 17.7%
  • Total voters
    62
Yes. I do think there is. Because there is one that is true: To enjoy life. It's a bit obvious that you don't want a bad life.
 
Well... I tend to look at life from a very... scientific point of view I guess. I don't think life HAS any meaning. I think we're just here to carry on the human race. We're just here to make sure our species doesn't go extinct. I think everything we do can be tied into that. We try to find "love" because we are looking for someone with what we believe to have "perfect" genes, that way our children will get those genes, and the human race will become a little bit better.

.Iramet said:
I don't quite understand what you mean.
Could you please explain it for me?
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the win! They made this super-computer and asked it: "What is the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything?" And the computer said "42." They didn't get it, so the computer told them that they didn't know the question. So they built Earth to find the question to the answer!
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It's really hard to saw. Some people are defiantly, and the rest is maybe.
 
To me, the meaning of life is to do something while I'm still here. The reason why I'm studying Biomedical sciences is because its one of the few areas in which you can make the hugest differences in others.

To me, the meaning of life is to live it with a nobel purpose that you never get distracted from. Sitting home watching TV for a life isn't a nobel purpose. Having parties 3 times a week isn't a nobel purpose. A nobel purpose, in my opinion, is something that requires your most attention and dedication. It's something that immortalizes you after you're dead.
 
The meaning of life is 42...

Hmm...

You may not know it, but it isn't just a random number. Apparently, 42 is a magic number...

*Goes to wikipedia*

Oh, research it yourself, it's too complicated to explain. But it's enlightening.
 
Meh, if I think about the meaning of life too much, I realise that there is no point and get depressed. :(

I might say that there is no meaning to life, as all life will eventually end, in my opinion. and even if it doesn't, whatever contribution I make to the world in general will eventually be forgotten.

Wow, this is depressing...life has no point...*cries*
 
Aurafire said:
Humans cannot possibly hope to fully understand life and it's "purpose". Honestly, I believe we are here purely by coincidence. Earth happened to have particular conditions that gave life a chance to develop and evolution to occur, and here we are! I don't believe in other forces guiding our lives here on earth. I believe that we are simply creatures like any other, but our higher intelligence gives us the ability to ponder our own existence. Honestly, we can wonder all we want, but there's no way for us to find out the answers (at least right now).
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I agree I dont think we will never really find the purpose of life. Im not talking in a religous sense but I do believe that we were all made in this world for a purpose wether it is to be a leader, support someone, inspire people, motivate, ect. I think we all have a great purpose and that no matter what, and I do know there are many people that believe that they are insignifigant and do not have large impacts on peoples lives but you would be surprised how wrong you are.
 
alipeewee said:
Meh, if I think about the meaning of life too much, I realise that there is no point and get depressed. :(

I might say that there is no meaning to life, as all life will eventually end, in my opinion. and even if it doesn't, whatever contribution I make to the world in general will eventually be forgotten.

Wow, this is depressing...life has no point...*cries*
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Nice to see the thread alive...oops...

Has it been 28 days?
No? Good good.

I was just thinking about that earlier this evening...about how each day I'm just basically doing the same thing, over and over again...

X_X And I think I have Cross-Country tomorrow...

Hawkfish said:
The meaning of life? It's what you make it as. You define it yourself. For to one life may have a meaning to them while to another it may not. So I chose maybe.
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Interesting...

Flex-Mon said:
I agree I dont think we will never really find the purpose of life. Im not talking in a religous sense but I do believe that we were all made in this world for a purpose wether it is to be a leader, support someone, inspire people, motivate, ect. I think we all have a great purpose and that no matter what, and I do know there are many people that believe that they are insignifigant and do not have large impacts on peoples lives but you would be surprised how wrong you are.
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Gah...my brain's just died on me...

-.-

Sorry, no personal offense, it's just that I'm cracking up at the thought of cross-country tomorrow.

Right...back to the topic...

@Flex-Mon: If you don't know what your purpose in life is, when will you know if you've completed it? Say, if I had a purpose to be the world's greatest cross-country runner, and I became the world's greatest cross-country runner, what would happen to me? Would I just get a NEW purpose in life?



...God, I hate cross-country.

>.<



EDIT: Guess who didn't have cross country today? Seriously, guess. I don't know anybody at my school who didn't have cross country today...apart from EVERYBODY :)

Sorry. Life suddenly seems worthwhile again.

At least until Games next week... :/
 
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