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Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm not depressed (at the moment, well maybe a little), just feeling philosophical.

Edit: the idea of this came to me because I was pondering why people fight so hard to beat diseases and live a few more years. What are they planning to do? Why exert effort just to be here longer when you don't have a reason?

Just why?

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[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Procreation and survival. That's what all living beings have as an instinct and that's the only meaning behind it. It's merely a mechanism to prevail and improve.

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

This.

I realize not everyone wants to procreate, especially in this day and age, but that is a function of our advanced and overdeveloped brains. All, if not the extremely vast majority of life on Earth clearly illustrates that this is it. What we do in the in-between is neither here nor there. This of course is from a purely biological standpoint. Add any spirituality or religion into the mix and it's a whole other ball of wax.