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Originally Posted by dalem
Well, if you're asking the philosophical question of "what is the meaning of life?", in my opinion there is no default meaning so we have to develop our own. For me, it's seeing the human race develop to its maximum potential.
That means we try to go everywhere and do everything.
-dale
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Yeah that is true.
I guess what I am trying to get at is similar to the old metaphor: "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?"
Basically, if sight, sound, taste, smell and touch are nothing by electrical signals created by our brain to react with our surroundings. Than are we really alive? Or are we just a bunch reactions reacting to one another?
Humans can make all these extraordinary discoveries, and unravel the mystery that is life and why we are hear. But really what does that accomplish? When we are gone, all of our secrets about life will vanish with us.
So then it begs the question, did we really make these discoveries at all? Or was it all just another burp in the myriad of intangible and unintelligible reactions which make up the space and mind of everything and anything?
Is looking into the secret of everything as fruitful as looking into a pool of water, and coming to the conclusion that you are looking at a pool of water?
But hey, if life is all about making the most of it, than answering the secret of everything is in a way, is living life to its fullest maximum potential! to hell if in the grand scheme of things it means nothing!