What do you consider to be the meaning of life?

I respectfully disagree.

We're not special. There is, undoubtedly, intelligent life forms all across the universe, considering there are billions of planets.


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See I used to think that.But this fails to take into account that the universe is big in both time and space.Just because there are a lot of planets doesnt mean there will be lots of intelligent civilisations.So there could be an intelligent civilsation somewhere in the universe but the chances are that it existed thousands of years ago and billions of light years away.Theres no reason to think that all theses intelligent races will exist simultaneously.It took us 4.5billion years to develop this far and only 10,000 years of civilisation.How long have we had technology like 100 years? It might not be that long till we die out.Thats a really small window for two civilisations that could communicate to overlap.It also fails to take into account the odds on life ever originating.We dont know exactly what it took for life to begin.Or how likely it was to occur.If the probability of life beggining in the first place was small then the likelyhood that it exists elsewhere is vastly reduced.

You're throwing a lot of numbers and information at me, technology this, communication that - but they don't contradict what I was saying. The fact remains: there are billions of planets, and there is a VERY high chance of intelligent life existing. I can't say with 100% certainty - no one really can - but I am as close to that as possible.

And, thus, as other intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, regardless of communication or how long it took for them to evolve, or how long ago they existed/died, it still means we're not special - we're not one of a kind, in the respect of us being intelligent beings.

I dont think we're one of a kind.I didnt mean to throw too many numbers at you I was just finding it hard to explain properly.I just think that intelligence might be rarer than you think.Take earth for example there were five mass extinction events.If they hadnt happened exactly as they had then humans would never have came about.So there was a good deal of luck in the development of intelligent life.If we ran the clock again then it might well have turned out differently.The point is that life itself could be very common but intelligent life may be much rarer.You're right in that we're basically just a blink of an eye in the life of the universe but I still think its pretty special that we can think about it in a way no other species can considering the huge amount of species that have ever lived on earth.

The answer to the question of the meaning of life is wholly dependent on the recipient of the question. So who is entitled to this question? Fundamentally, life is the subject of the biologist, then the answer is obvious: The meaning of life is to keep on living, not only on a personal level, but on a communal level. And hence, the meaning of life is the continued survival of the species in question.

That's not meaning.

All you're basically saying is the meaning to life is to keep on existing....

..Uhh well, ok then lol

Appeared from what?

...But a vial doesn't expand.

I mean, technically, the universe contains all matter - but you're hinting at the possibility of a multiverse, which, of course, is possible.

On another note, I fail to see how this relates back to what you/I said earlier.


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The bottom line is that people think they are the crown of creation whilst their lives are meaningless.

If you consider it from a purely evolutionary perspective, I suppose you can say that the purpose is to procreate to ensure the future survival of the species.