What, cannibalism?
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Am a biologist, can confirm.
I'm a philosopher. I can confirm the biologist seems right
Procreo, ergo sum
Pater tuus est?
Ita, fili mi.
Except we have the foresight to know everything will end. Even if we were to produce 100 000 000 perfect replicas of our genes they would still hit the same wall— extinction. Further, whether we have free will or not (prolly not), we're able to coopt the gene platforms to further non-procreative aims.
It's a bit like saying the point of a TV show is to earn profit for the people who bankrolled it. Well, yes that's why it's here and literally the only thing that will keep it going, but you can do a lot more within those constraints than play out the material reality.
So the question remains.
Even if we were to produce 100 000 000 perfect replicas of our genes they would still hit the same wall— extinction.
Doesn't matter, had sex.
What is the meaning of life?
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
This meme was made better for me by provoking the thought that all the great philosophers were just aces
Some philosophers agree with biologists on this one.
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Zark that, it's actually about finding a place to eat
Where all the hoopy froods meet!
Well, now I should take this meme down. You've given me a counterpoint so complete I have no retort. I will now go grab my towel.
If you suck on the end it's lemon flavored.
That's what she said
Universal Sereal Bus
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The meaning of life is very simple: life has no meaning unless you create meaning. What that meaning is is going to differ from person to person.
The meaning I give to my life is to do everything I can to further human knowledge and to learn as much as possible myself.
For other people, it could be exploring the world, finding inner peace, helping as many people as possible, gaining power/money by any means necessary, etc.
All valid, some more well-intentioned than others. IMO if your goal is to do good by yourself and/or to others without actively seeking to hurt others, there isn't really a wrong answer.
This was just meant to be something funny to make people chuckle and then continue on with their day. I find my meaning in being an existential jester. To laugh at everything. May I be from joy or mockery or grim determination. So much so that I've told my wife that if she feels the need to give me a memorial plaque after my death it can only have one of two quotes on it. The first is attributed to Shakespeare's Marc Anthony: "Have I played the part well? Then applaud, as I exit." Or from Darkest Dungeon: "He will be laughing still, in the end."
I too revel in the absurdism that results from a mind evolved to fuck and throw big rocks trying to understand anything beyond the five little sense peepholes it's looking through. Hello out there, fellow pervert! I wonder what the outside looks like through your peepholes!
When I'm not looking out, I build logical graphs in my head that represent social concepts and how I fit into the world, especially along the 1 time dimension, and sometimes the graphs make me happy or sad, usually because of how well rested or caffeinated I am.
I hope your mind graphs are happy today (or whatever abstraction applies to your thought process).
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Wait, where do I recognise her from, I'm sure I've seen her face before
uWu
asking for a friend I see
Physicists: the meaning of life is to increase entropy. Global warming let'sssss goooll
That's the meaning of the universe and everything, not specifically life. Easy mistake to make.
Help, I made conscious life material in nature!
So I was setting up my constants but wasn't paused so I added energy andand the universe exploded??? in this huge biiigi bang and it won't stop! Pls help, it's my first universe, it's already like 15 billion years old and I can't figure out how to fix the "material minds" they're crazy! It's so depressing.
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Bust a nut, pass your genetics and perish. Thats it. What you do in between that is up to you.
No, social behavior has always been a party of biology. Even after you reproduce how you care for your young and your extended family has a huge impact on the species. Herd animals or anything that flocks can't function solo. If all the adults just left after they reproduced the species wouldn't survive. Reproduction is key for the individual, but it's never that simple. The version you're told in school is always a highly simplified version of the truth.
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Women looking at this meme: so am I supposed to be a lesbian?
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Getting your finger bitten off by a person who is wearing a lot of make-up? Pls explain, I'm not a biologist. /j
Yes, you nailed it. You really fingered the issue.
At uni the biologist parties were always the ones with the most sex. So that checks out.
The least sex was electrical or mechanical engineering. Just the couple of ay dudes had some fun.
Weirdest sex was for sure psychology student parties.
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