Meaning of Life
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Ever think that maybe humans have messed up our evolution? Before we had to fight to survive and only the strongest and smartest would live to reproduce, but today.... We work so hard as a race to keep EVERYBODY alive, can't that mix up our genes a fair bit down the line? Over time, couldn't that cause us to lose some of the evolutionary gain we've worked for over the years? Or is doing the "right thing" in working to keep everybody alive the "right thing" to do?
Also, I think there's been several misconceptions about aliens. We think aliens would care about humans enough to make contact, we think aliens would care enough to want our planet, we think that we'd be able to see aliens or to sense them in some way. What if aliens are already there, but our limited ranges of sensory perception doesn't allow us to see them or know that they are there?
Also, I think there's been several misconceptions about aliens. We think aliens would care about humans enough to make contact, we think aliens would care enough to want our planet, we think that we'd be able to see aliens or to sense them in some way. What if aliens are already there, but our limited ranges of sensory perception doesn't allow us to see them or know that they are there?
John Galt said:
DUDE, IT'S JOHN GALT. Can I have your autograph, Mr. Galt? By the way, I loved your speech. Oh, and what are the specs on that engine that runs entirely off of static electricity gathered from the atmosphere. I think that with the current energy crisis, one of those would be really useful.
Our evolution has been screwed up, there's no real doubt there. Evolution is based on a species death rate, not birth rate. More accurately, we've *stopped* evolving all together, we did about 10,000 years ago when civilization started. Watch the movie Idiocracy, or at least the first 10 minutes - I think they sum it up pretty well there, even though the movie itself isn't the smartest one in the world.
Actually, it might not be accurate to say that we've stopped evolving, rather that we've basically stopped evolving on a genetic level. Instead, we've started evolving on a memetic level, through the evolution of ideas. This has been especially true in the past century with the invention of cars, and who knows what the internet will do to spur on that evolution in the future?
Signs are really starting to show that the gene pool is stagnating, especially in first world countries like the U.S., but I believe that pretty soon, genetics won't even matter any more. We can eventually overcome all our genetic deficiencies by, well, being smarter.
Be it genetic manipulation, artificial body parts, robot servants, or some other thing, we will eventually outgrow the need for natural evolution.
I personally can't wait to be a robot.
Actually, it might not be accurate to say that we've stopped evolving, rather that we've basically stopped evolving on a genetic level. Instead, we've started evolving on a memetic level, through the evolution of ideas. This has been especially true in the past century with the invention of cars, and who knows what the internet will do to spur on that evolution in the future?
Signs are really starting to show that the gene pool is stagnating, especially in first world countries like the U.S., but I believe that pretty soon, genetics won't even matter any more. We can eventually overcome all our genetic deficiencies by, well, being smarter.
Be it genetic manipulation, artificial body parts, robot servants, or some other thing, we will eventually outgrow the need for natural evolution.I personally can't wait to be a robot.
I think we are here for the mere purpose of excistence. I mean if there is a god (not that i believe there is) he has to do something, right? So he'd wanna watch something happening, thus us. But we are here to mess with eachothers minds and to ultimatley see who is the best at any one given thing. We have sayings like "there will always be someone better than you" but surely someone has to the be 'the best'. and "practise makes perfect" and "no one's perfect" so wha tdoes that tell us? It tells us that we can't do anything without it being contradicted by something else, i believe there is nothing that goes without a contradiction and our purpose is to fix that instead of continuing on with the lie we all live. If we get rid of contradictions, we may be able to make things better for ourselves.
Life has meaning if you give it meaning, thats what makes it great, Life is whatever you make of it.
Hmm well I whink I know the meaning of life.
Life: the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
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Life: the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
There
The engine? Oh that's simple, the main component is magic. Takes about a dozen or so people standing around thinking really hard about how cool it would be if it worked. Forget all those things I said in my speech about work being a virtue. Who needs labor when you've got magic?Zeddicus Zhul Zorander said:
Four....teee...tooo...
I think we are here for no reason except to simply exist. We exist for no real reason. Think about that...
I think we are here for no reason except to simply exist. We exist for no real reason. Think about that...
