What do you think the meaning of life is ?

[JennyTals]

not mine but someone I knows uni final project will be doing a dissertation on this subject, am I’m thinking where the heck do you start with that, as such a big subject

my initial thoughts are love and pro creation

To be happy and unharmful.

No meaning, just reproductive genetic imperative, like animals
Except humans have MiLs, blended families and a me, me, me attitude
So less survival of species, more survival of artificial familial constructs and arseholes

Maybe it's mostly being a small step in genetic inheritance/evolution. That 'meaning' applies to all life. For human life we can also be a part of cultural inheritance and development.

Humans can add meaning by so far as we're able by things like trying to increase rather than decrease the sum of human happiness, trying to leave the world in a better rather than worse place, and perhaps slightly increase the sum of human knowledge and/or creativity.

42

Second paragraph is perfect

Well yes, between Douglas Adams and Eric Idle we're sorted.

The meaning of life is to LOVE. That's it. In fact, that is all that really ever exists, so everything else is an illusion.

I like @ErrolTheDragon’s reply, but my immediate response is that this doesn’t sound like a final year dissertation project any supervisor, in any academic department, would approve.

What’s 42 ? Is it a movie ?

Hardly it is and from one of the best unis in the country

Contentment, creativity and curiosity for me.

The late great genius that is Douglas Adams and HHGTTG

No meaning, just simply live🤐

Well, Monty Python made a great film all about this...

But seriously, I always find it interesting when older people are interviewed and asked this question. It seems to be much easier to find meaning when you can look back on your life and see what is really important.

42

Ah, already been said. There isn't one, I don't need there to be one.

"Some time ago a group of hyper-intelligent pan dimensional beings decided to finally answer the great question of Life, The Universe and Everything.
To this end they built an incredibly powerful computer, Deep Thought. After the great computer programme had run (a very quick seven and a half million years) the answer was announced.
The Ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is...
(You're not going to like it...)
Is...
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Which suggests that what you really need to know is 'What was the Question?'."

H2G2

They need to get chatGPT on the case with that one.

Don’t the unis have tech that can check if the students have found it on chat gpt?

To know God now in this fallen, messed up, painful world and to enjoy Him, love Him and be loved by Him now while still in this imperfect place and then afterwards to know and enjoy Him forever in His glorious place of perfect peace and joy.

Oh I forgot about that Monty python movie

😂

I don’t think there is a meaning of life.

You arrive alone.
You go alone.
The inbetween times;
Are where you love, join, create and learn,
Passing on "who you are" to others,
Leaving connections and memories
Of the love and life you lived;
The fairy dust you sprinkled
Along the way.

You’re absolutely entitled to your opinion, as am I and everyone else.

I expected to be laughed at, so thanks for not disappointing me. Have a good day.

I couldn't express my reply any better than @ErrolTheDragon 's reply which exactly sums up my thoughts on this.