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Ask HN: What is the purpose of Life?
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#2Whatever you set as purpose. You are free to choose.
Sounds great right? :)
Re: Ask HN: What is the purpose of Life?
#3Purpose is a teleological term and life is the ultimate end, an end in itself. So, as the saying goes, asking what is the purpose of life is tantamount to asking what is North of the North pole, i.e. it is an invalid question. In your terms, expressed as a tautology; the purpose of life is life.
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#4To enjoy the journey
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#5May I suggest this interactive answer in the form of a text game by Markus Persson, the maker of Minecraft?
It gave me the answer as an experience and a feeling, not as a mental concept, and I appreciated it deeply.
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#6“Purpose” is a construct that us humans have created. As far as I know no other animal has the concept of “purpose” in the way that you’re referring to.
Ultimately we attach purpose to ourselves because it feels good, or alternatively avoids the pain of existence.
If my purpose is to teach the next generation about science then it gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning. It’s a thing that is greater than myself.
Some people refer to their purpose as their “immortality project”.
If your actions through your life make changes to the world that those changes still exist after you die, in a way you’ve become immortal.
I’d say the purpose of life is to understand the world and try to push it a little bit forward in your own way. It doesn’t have to be big, it just has to matter to you.
If you’re a bit lost with life, don’t stress about it too much. The best thing you can probably do is be okay with being lost. It’ll either pass or you’ll get curious enough to start looking for answers.
However if you’re asking why are people and animals alive I don’t really know. I think it’s just because sex feels good and then babies happen? Then those babies grow up and the cycle repeats for millions of years.
So the purpose of life is sex I guess.
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#9Everyone should have his or her own purpose. But overall I would say it´s to evolve. You grow, you learn a language and go to school, you do a job which should have his own purpose and you can learn from emotional and social circumstances. You can learn from mistakes and from a broken heart and at the end, you changed the world in some smaller or bigger ways. So I think learning is a big part of your life.
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#10Our biological purpose is to pass on our genes and reproduce.
In our "civilized" sense of "purpose" there is no purpose at all. This is great because that means you can are free to whatever purpose you want to live for.