<p>Hahaha, oh wow.
No, caring more about society than yourself is a socialist mindset. Going as far as saying that the meaning of life is to devote yourself to society to make society better is an extremely socialist mindset.</p>
<p>Wow Crysomemore, way to miscontrue both my argument and the definition of socialism.</p>
<p>Well, the opposite is also true, a completely valid meaning of life could be to make the biggest impact on the world that you possibly can, whether that be a good or bad impact it doesn’t really matter. And a worthy goal could simply to be to ensure that you are remembered for all time, even if you are remembered for doing “bad” things haha.</p>
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<p>I’m just gonna tell myself you’re a ■■■■■. There’s no way anyone thinking about going to college can be that mindblowingly stupid.</p>
<p>I looked life up on my favorite dictionary, urban dictionary</p>
<p>"A sexually-transmitted, terminal disease. "</p>
<p>Force = mass X acceleration</p>
<p>meaning of life = …</p>
<p>unsolved? …</p>
<p>There is a meaning to life, but we do not know it nor can we comprehend it because we are limited, by our creators (aliens)
Other beings from (maybe) other dimensions created us as an experiment.</p>
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Are you kidding? Take a freaking History class. Traditional Republican virtues preached the subordination of the individual to society, that we should make sacrifices for our country, that we should put our country first and ourselves second. Of course the Democratic party has embraced these Republican virtues now. The very word “Republican” stems from Res Publica, which means “public thing”. No one is saying throw away individual desire and dedicate yourself to society. The ability to care about things beyond yourself and see the greater picture requires some level of maturity and is traditionally a Republican value.
You could never truly know that, no one could.</p>
<p>I like “To live forever, or die trying.”</p>
<p>^DITTO!
Also,
Lyff is subjective, and you are the subject.
So define it however you please, because you can.
For the math people, it’s just a matter of exercising your Choice Function.</p>
<p>I really want to know</p>
<p>I mean, you go to college, to get a job, to make money, buy a house and have a family, and then die. What’s the point in that? You might as well die now</p>
<p>I believe the meaning of our lives is to pursue happiness. I believe the meaning of humanity is to ultimately transcend its biological roots and animalistic instincts and become something better.</p>
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<p>Finally someone agrees with me 
The meaning of life might be seeking the meaning of life. We don’t know it so far, but hopefully future generations will find out something more worthwhile that consuming food and dying.</p>
<p>We’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time…</p>
<p>@Alone:
But we’re just protoplasm. Wouldn’t it clear the fuzzy logic to just pick something - perhaps at random, or perhaps for a reason - and be happy in doing that? I can’t help but find “The Meaning of Life” as a distraction from actually living it. It is analogous to finding an identity; you don’t need to be distracted by finding an identity, because your identity can find you (by virtue of your actions).
I find it nice to simply lose oneself in Doing, as opposed to Being. Searching sounds like a futile exercise. For what, to you, is your own life if you are so distracted from living it that you merely contribute to some future generation’s answer? You will be long gone, and and your work incomplete.</p>
<p>there is no meaning in life! that’s whats so great about it!</p>
<p>GeekNerd, I still live. I study, plan on going to college this fall, among other things that are part of life. But I don’t want to spend my life by simply playing my part in this society, and then dying. It’s pointless. Society won’t loose much if I stop performing my role. What unites nearly all of us, people, is that we seek comfort in our lives. I want to reach that state by understanding something more global, than just performing my everyday duties and dying.</p>
<p>[They’re</a> Made Out of Meat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They’re_Made_Out_of_Meat]They’re”>They're Made Out of Meat - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>A good read, not too long.</p>
<p>Gosh, some of you people are so caught up in over-analyzing everything. Just do whatever makes you happy. So what if all the typical 21st century American does is eat, sleep and poop and work and hang out inbetween? What more is it you expect that transcends anything humanity has already done? Our lives are defined by our actions. Do what you like and make yourself happy, cause you’ll die someday. </p>
<p>It’s not pointless imo. We have a short time in this world, we don’t know what comes after. Most people choose to maximize their time, others give up and kill themselves. We all need to work a little to get by, or marry someone who provides for us. Some people find an occupation they love, like teaching or selling fruit or being a doctor - it can be anything. Then in our spare time we do whatever we want, whether that’s camping, fishing, sitting on your ass and watching TV or doing scientific research. In end, you’re nothing more than a bunch of cells and you’ll return to the earth. You can spend your life analyzing everything to death and trying to assign meaning to random occurances if that’s what makes you happy, but it sounds futile to me. I don’t know, some people like to philosophize and that’s great. Just…try to be happy but don’t hurt anyone. I think that’s more than enough to ask for, a life with a lot of happy moments, what more could anyone expect or want?</p>