[Antimatter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lowem', 'T')he answer is 42.

[deconstructionist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('medicvet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lowem', 'T')he answer is 42.

[bobcousins]

Meaning is an invention of the human mind. A meaning is an association of X with Y. For that meaning to be useful (in the evolutionary sense) it should correspond to a real relationship, usually causal in nature. Or at least, a harmless association, that is of no consequence.

So there you have it. Meaning is merely a tool used by an entity to aid with problem solving, there is nothing mystical or any deep philosophy to it. Does the universe have meaning without an intelligence to apply it? No, but the question is irrelevant.

Humans have got where they are by trying to apply meaning to everything. In cases where this produces a useful result, it is successful. In many cases, there simply is no useful relationship to be derived, but often people continue to seek one.

It's pretty simple really.

[seldom_seen]

"The secret of life is to die before you die, and realize there is no death."

[ashurbanipal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')eaning is an invention of the human mind. A meaning is an association of X with Y. For that meaning to be useful (in the evolutionary sense) it should correspond to a real relationship, usually causal in nature. Or at least, a harmless association, that is of no consequence.

So there you have it. Meaning is merely a tool used by an entity to aid with problem solving, there is nothing mystical or any deep philosophy to it. Does the universe have meaning without an intelligence to apply it? No, but the question is irrelevant.

[Wallygator]

auctionmonster's first post on this thread really caught my attention. I too feel this way many times. Perhaps the times when I'm really depressed are the times when I'm really aware of myself, others and our situation. Many of auctionmonster's observations resonate with me. I've tried telling my family about how I feel but they think that I'm just 'crazy'. Ah what do they know? They're hell bent on getting more money and possessions.

[evilmonkeyspanker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', '"')The secret of life is to die before you die, and realize there is no death."

[aldente]

[Wallygator]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auctionmonster', 'W')allygator, I am happy to let you now realize you are not the only crazy person out there.

[Guest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', '"')The secret of life is to die before you die, and realize there is no death."

[Guest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Antimatter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lowem', 'T')he answer is 42.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Anonymous', 'E')XCEPT! the QUESTION was 'what is 7 times 8 ?

[Liamj]

Can't say 'whats the meaning of life' (no concious knowledge of outside this life box) but think i have a handle on 'what to do with life' - live it, walk the path, with as much grace, wonder and humility as can muster at any given moment.

We're all inevitably stupid, base, selfish or humourless at times (even jesus/buddah/etc, imho), but they're 'the shadows that prove light beautiful'. Since the former are maladaptive, making us and our cohabitants sick and miserable, reducing the total sum and resilience of life, the general direction is i think actually fairly obvious, tho fear or ignorance can do very good jobs hiding it, and habit is a damn tenacious master. But my own experience is that there quite clearly IS a 'path', that dogma and being ego-dominated obscure it, and that the rewards (in here and now)of faithfully trying to walk that path are substantial, nearly always surprising.

[aldente]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Anonymous', '
')Stan Grof's book "the Cosmic Game" is an interesting synthesis
of over 4,000 LSD trips under medical supervision and the
experience of ego death for many troubled, addicted, "crazy",
violent, insitutionalised and terminally ill people, were very
positive indeed.

[Omnitir]

//Deep Austrian accent

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!

[Dukat_Reloaded]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ow for the idea of God, the idea of God seems to be the idea of something that can explain everything else, without having to be explained itself.

[aldente]

By the way I just happend to see the start of the last Titan 4 out of Vandenberg AFB a few days ago in a distance of probably 50 miles or so. It was totally random while walking in the tourist village of Sollvang.
It first looked like a plane somehow due to the condensation mark but immediately it became clear that this was something else. It took only about a minute roughly before the projectile became invisible (this is what it looked like, simply like a bullet) and only then a deep thunder came on.

One of the last things visible was the drop of one of the stages.

So there we are, kissing the good old 60's good bye and all the belief in an endlessly evolving techno future.

Techno fix

[Dukat_Reloaded]

It's nice and all to see millionaires going into space (puke). Anyway, I'm going to write something big, see it in the forums soon.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('albente', 'B')y the way I just happend to see the start of the last Titan 4 out of Vandenberg AFB a few days ago in a distance of probably 50 miles or so. It was totally random while walking in the tourist village of Sollvang.