“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.
Our 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.
Purpose 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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Everyone 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.
"Everything that we know and love is reducible to the absurd acts of chemicals and there is therefore no intrinsic value in this material universe"
"Hypocrite that you are for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you they are chemicals. All knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove
Our only discernible purpose is to propagate our genetic material (we are in fact 'machines' for doing so). Everything else is just something you or someone else has made up. So pick something that you can live with (:D).
[+] [-] brad0|7 years ago|reply
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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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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[+] [-] Rainymood|7 years ago|reply
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.
[+] [-] dmfdmf|7 years ago|reply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/ultimate_value.html
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Sounds great right? :)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21RwqnB8GrE
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"Hypocrite that you are for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you they are chemicals. All knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove
Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?"
[+] [-] ankitank|7 years ago|reply
We have the opportunity to create our own purpose, our own meaning and which is why attitude and graciousness matter.
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reason for getting out of bed every morning
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