Life, The Universe, And Everything

This topic was created in the Metaphysical forum by Morganofmind on Monday, November 11, 2002 and has 10 replies.

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@Morganofmind
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Did anybody every read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy? If you haven't, and you're interested in metaphysics, I strongly recomend it. It's one of the best modern phylosophy series around. (and the most hilarious)

But the reason I started this post was because I was wondering what everyone's personal opinions on the meaning of life were. Personally, I think that life doesn't have meaning until you make it meaningful, but that's just me.

What does everyone else think?

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@Gwendylyn Post
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very funny... the meaning of life... I do remember many arguements on this matter. Alright... here's a shot at it.

I think that the meaning of life is the search for the meaning of life. The search takes up a whole person's lifetime and fulfills them when they discover their version of it (such as through religion, science). The whole point og life is to question it's meaning.

Does it make any sense?

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@Morganofmind
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Perfect sense, that's what I ment by life has no meaning until you make it meaningful.

Sometime's it's just more important to ask new questions than to answer old ones.

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@Luz
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lol i think your meaning of life is what you want it to be. Everyone has their own meanings.

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@Luz
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but i am interested 🙂 cus i like philosophy, i read sophies world lol not your type of since its "that book is so kidish" but hey it was about philosophy, i liked it.

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@Gwendylyn Post
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Sophie's world? never heard of it. Do you mean "sophist's world"? (just joking- sophists were persuasionists in Ancient Greece who preached the opposite of traditional philosophy)

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A lot of people would count A Hitchhiker's Guide as anything but a comedy, but there's a lot of meaning if you can get around the sarcasm.

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@Cortica
21 YearsGemini

I was traumatised for so long after the whale died.

As to the meaning of life......was schadet es?

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@Lawgoddess
21 Years500+ Posts

I ALWAYS carry a pair of black sunglasses...and Slartibartfast was my uncle!

The meaning of life is 42!!!!!!!!!!