Arminius wrote:The Meaning of Life.
Does life make sense? If so: What sense does it make?
Is there any purpose of life? If so: What purpose is it?
Is there any goal of life? If so: What goal is it?
Please explain how you interpret the meaning of life.
Assumes life has meaning. I can agree to the assumption because... 1) Life is. 2) There are also examples of not life. Both in the case of loss of what was and is no longer and in the case of never having been. I'm guessing this relationship implies meaning, although I do not guess what it is. It has meaning, but I'm not sure what.
It makes sense from the stand point that it operates within a given set of physical/environmental conditions. Life has requirements that appear quantifiable. There is a need for this much oxygen, food, water, that is dependent on activity and the environment the activity takes place in.
Purpose? Now isn't that a loaded question? May be difficult to adequately define purpose objectively enough? I'd default to the observation standpoint that life grows; inclusive is the potential to develop into something more then what the life currently is. To gather together into greater capacity.
I'm not sure one can plop the notion of a goal on it all. Goals are all about getting from where you are to where you want to be. I'm not so sure all life is aware of the distinction. Some of it is still figuring it out as it comes along it.
It makes sense because there is a sequential history. Development operates within a sequence that places cause before effect. At least it looks that way. You don't get to a multi-cellular life form without passing through a single cell, evolutionary. A new idea always emerges from an existing idea. I don't see much evidence of getting to complex without passing through simple.
Moral imperatives of purpose aside, cause "life" is amoral. Unless of course you are looking for meaning in morality or morality in meaning.
We are limited to a set knowledge regarding life. We have no other examples of life then what we have as yet experienced. I'm pretty sure what ever the universe comes up with will have evolved from simple to complex just as life on this planet has. Given circumstances being equal (same physical laws) I'd guess all life progresses along a continuum limited by the requirements of what it means to grow.
Not all members of an example of life must exhibit it, but enough have to. Enough to continue the trend.
Life is trending on Unibook. Is it becoming observably less diverse though?
Perhaps that has some meaning?