Quote Originally Posted by RESiNATE
Ha, it's good to see some intelligent response

No, I'm not asking what the meaning of life is - the 'meaning of life' is dependant upon your sociological circumstances, ie, in the western world, 'the meaning of life' is to collect as many pieces of paper (money) as you can before you die, even if it means stamping on your fellow man to get it; whereas, in some parts of Asia, 'the meaning of life' is to find enlightenment.

I just find it difficult to accept that this is it - that we are merely here to 'do the best we can'. There is too much that doesn't make sense.

We all question who we are. Every one of us, at some point, has wondered where we came from, where wew are going, and what the point of it all is.
Why?
If we are here to 'do the best we can', why do so many of us instinctively ask 'why?'. What is inside us that makes us question our own existence?

"There's no smoke without fire", I always say.

I mean, take 'Pi', for instance.
It is an incalculable value - they call it an 'irrational number' (ie, 1/3 is rational - 0.33333). They got a super-computer trying to work out the value of Pi, and some reckon that if (and when) the value is known, all the questions of the universe will be answered.

I just thought I'd throw that in...dunno why....but there you go

Res...
i think that the questions and the curiosity and not knowing the answers are half of what keep us going. i think that knowledge is powerful but too much of it can be dangerous. i mean, what happens when you know everything there is to know and have nothing to wonder about?

and about pi.. question for ya.. i got confused when you said that people believe that when pi is actually figured out, all the questions of the universe will be answered. whats the theory about that?