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Jim__

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9. We are the most intelligent conscious species that we know of in the universe.

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 02:26 PM

Oct 2018

From my perspective, that puts a burden on us to try to survive as a species. I try to imagine the universe without conscious intelligence. It might just as well not exist. It is conceivable that an intelligent agent could change the fate of the universe and allow it to persist, if not forever, beyond the time when it would naturally collapse. We could be ancestors to such an intelligence.

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What is our purpose? [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2018 OP

I went to seminary... handmade34 Oct 2018 #1

The purpose of life is to survive and reproduce. MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

Live, think, act rightly? Who TF gets to define Croney Oct 2018 #3

Our purpose in life is science.... LakeArenal Oct 2018 #4

From Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth..."The true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found c-rational Oct 2018 #5

Why do we assume there is a purpose? Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #6

I agree with you DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #7

We go out in the world and take our chances. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2018 #11

The Biological Imperative: Eat And Screw. Iggo Oct 2018 #8

We are the most intelligent conscious species that we know of in the universe. Jim__ Oct 2018 #9

"To crush your enemies -- edhopper Oct 2018 #10

lul Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #13

No intrinsic purpose... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #12

Life's what you make it Lordquinton Oct 2018 #14

For me: Leave it better than you found it. NeoGreen Oct 2018 #15

Physically, it is to live and reproduce. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #16