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What is the meaning of Life?

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What is the meaning of Life?
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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm
Is sex a good meaning of life?
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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 12:22 pm
I think that you'd be the only person that could answer that question.  The practical upshot to a yes answer is that you're in college.........
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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 12:42 pm (This post was last modified: January 9, 2016 at 12:42 pm by henryp.)
(January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm)pool Wrote: Is sex a good meaning of life?

Think practically.  Your brain will reward you for having sex.  Your brain punishes you for cutting off your toes with an exacto knife.  You don't need to bring abstract ideas such as meaning and purpose into the equation.  

If a brain is punishing someone so much that they want to commit suicide, that's just another math problem for the individual to analyze.  On one hand, you are missing out on any brain rewards in the future.  On the other hand, if you're dead, you won't care.
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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 12:45 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 12:42 pm)wallym Wrote:
(January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm)pool Wrote: Is sex a good meaning of life?

Think practically.  Your brain will reward you for having sex.  Your brain punishes you for cutting off your toes with an exacto knife.  You don't need to bring abstract ideas such as meaning and purpose into the equation.  

If a brain is punishing someone so much that they want to commit suicide, that's just another math problem for the individual to analyze.  On one hand, you are missing out on any brain rewards in the future.  On the other hand, if you're dead, you won't care.

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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 1:03 pm (This post was last modified: January 9, 2016 at 1:03 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
The purpose of life is to be the most over-enthusiastic turtle you can be.

So I'm pretty happy with myself so far.


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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 2:29 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm)pool Wrote: Is sex a good meaning of life?

Why does life need a meaning?



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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 2:40 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm)pool Wrote: Is sex a good meaning of life?

I don't know about meaning. How about purpose?

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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 2:48 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 2:29 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(January 9, 2016 at 12:18 pm)pool Wrote: Is sex a good meaning of life?

Why does life need a meaning?

It doesn't?
I think meaning in life is a motivation to live . If there is no motivation people get depressed, don't they?
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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 2:53 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 2:48 pm)pool Wrote:
(January 9, 2016 at 2:29 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Why does life need a meaning?

It doesn't?
I think meaning in life is a motivation to live . If there is no motivation people get depressed, don't they?

I think depression is rather down to negative influences if things are neutral you can just carry on existing and be ok.



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RE: What is the meaning of Life?
January 9, 2016 at 2:57 pm
(January 9, 2016 at 2:53 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(January 9, 2016 at 2:48 pm)pool Wrote: It doesn't?
I think meaning in life is a motivation to live . If there is no motivation people get depressed, don't they?

I think depression is rather down to negative influences if things are neutral you can just carry on existing and be ok.

I totally get that.
But I've often wondered - why live?
To survive?
Why survive?
To enjoy the pleasures of life?
Are they really worth the hardships though?
After all, when you die, you just doesn't exist anymore, so why even bother?
All these years of hardships after hardships only to just die one day.
The reward is significantly lower than the effort you put in though, won't you say?
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