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Jeboduuza 07-18-2007 02:27 PM

What's the point?
 
What's the point of life if all life must die?
What's the point of galaxies, time and space, and the universe; just to exist? What are they actually accomplishing? Isn't a void more sensible? More efficient?
What's the point of anything if all things must come to an end?

Omniscient dwellars (you know who you are) tell me the answers.
And then tell me the question to the answer 42.

Flint 07-18-2007 02:28 PM

The point is that existence exists.

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Errr... "How many roads must a man walk down?"

Happy Monkey 07-18-2007 02:39 PM

"Point" is an imprecise word. In order to apply it to life, galaxies, time, and space, you would have to get pretty figurative.

When you apply it to stuff that a person might do, then the point is up to that person.

And the question is "'What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

lumberjim 07-18-2007 02:45 PM

if 6 was 9, would you mind?

Flint 07-18-2007 02:53 PM

Wine me, dine me, 6 times 9 me.

piercehawkeye45 07-18-2007 04:07 PM

Existentialism is da way to go.

Cloud 07-18-2007 04:28 PM

who says there's a point? And whose point is there to be ascertained? Yours? Gods? the Cosmos? There may be more than one point.

Find yours.

xoxoxoBruce 07-18-2007 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeboduuza (Post 365445)
What's the point of life if all life must die?

Reproduce.
Quote:

What's the point of galaxies, time and space, and the universe; just to exist? What are they actually accomplishing? Isn't a void more sensible? More efficient?
What's the point of anything if all things must come to an end?
Having a point is a human construct. The universe doesn't need a point or grand scheme of things because it doesn't have any doubts, nothing to prove. It isn't so full of itself that it thinks it's destined to do or accomplish anything. It accepts it just is.
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Omniscient dwellars (you know who you are) tell me the answers.
And then tell me the question to the answer 42.
The answer to 42 is you obviously went outside to play like your mother told you instead of turning into a geek.

freshnesschronic 07-18-2007 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 365520)
Having a point is a human construct. The universe doesn't need a point or grand scheme of things because it doesn't have any doubts, nothing to prove. It isn't so full of itself that it thinks it's destined to do or accomplish anything. It accepts it just is.

And you represent the universe, Bruce? :p

piercehawkeye45 07-18-2007 04:38 PM

No Fresh, the universe is a nihilist, its a coward.

freshnesschronic 07-18-2007 04:42 PM

I don't understand you pierce. I didn't think the universe was anything except, well, the universe. :/

xoxoxoBruce 07-18-2007 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic (Post 365523)
And you represent the universe, Bruce? :p

No, but I understand it. Maybe you will when you grow up.

freshnesschronic 07-18-2007 04:53 PM

Not quite sure how to interpret that post, was it an insult or you telling me I'm young and you're wise? Superiority complex, talking down to me, it is such an ambiguous post, what did you mean.

piercehawkeye45 07-18-2007 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic (Post 365527)
I don't understand you pierce. I didn't think the universe was anything except, well, the universe. :/

I just used a quote from The Big Lebowski and used it to fit it in the conversation.

My point is that the universe is nihilistic in nature, which is natural since all evidence shows that the universe is inanimate.

Griff 07-19-2007 06:23 AM

The point is to find the best pizza joint.


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