What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?

Hi koffie,

And the answer is...42

at least according to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy.

You can go to whatis?com to find out how he derived such an answer to
such a difficult question:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci211501,00.html

As for the meaning of life, here's my answer:
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=2573

Based on my search queries, scientists seem to have a lot to say about
the origin and meaning of the universe and, well, everything.

Here are some sites that explore your question from a (mostly)
scientific point of view:

NASA searches for meaning of universe 
http://detnews.com/2002/editorial/0203/26/a07-449388.htm

The Origin and Its Meaning by Roger Ellman
http://www.the-origin.org/Ttl-prol.pdf

Closer to Truth: Universe & Meaning
http://www.closertotruth.com/topics/universemeaning/index.html

The meaning of life, the universe and everything?
http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/The%20meaning%20of%20life%20etc.%20%20


If none of those explanations works for you, you can always take a
class:

University of New South Wales: God, Life, the Universe and Everything:
Science and Meaning
http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/sts/sts_core_links/coursessubjects/subjects_gen/courses/hpst2126.htm

or attend a seminar to find the answer.

The Meaning of Life by Tom Gregory
http://www.meaningoflife.net/


Google search terms used: 

meaning universe
://www.google.com/search?q=meaning+universe

Hitchhiker's Guide Galaxy  meaning life
://www.google.com/search?q=Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+Galaxy+meaning+life
 

Katwoman

Hi Katwoman!

Well, of course i am aware of the "official" answer '42' by Adams. I
must admit that i was just playing around a bit on this new service.
Great answer though! interesting links. 5 stars are yours!

Years ago I wrote two sentences:
- Love is the only way to the God.
- And God is the only goal which exists.
I hope I could have "copyright" to these sentences.

Anyway, this is what religions of the world tell us, just with much
more words as I put here.

Think about Karma:
- do only the good things
- don't hurt other people
- this world is "training center" for the life after the death and
  only "good souls" go to the next steps.
- if something bad happens to you, maybe you were just punished
  because of what you did in your previous life.
- we don't remember previous life - so we can't "cheat" when we get
  the same problem to solve it.

Maybe this universe is only one level of many universes.
Afterall... where is the heaven? Not in this universe, I think. But as
it seems, we can reach it somehow anyway (NDE - near death
experiences, etc.).

I think that a message from the God is also something as: "Don't
research who am I".
Why? Because we just can't figure it out from this level (this
universe).

The meaning of life?
Make good things, try to enjoy and always be grateful, also for bad
things.

I hope this helps for now.

I wish you all the best!

Life is to reproduce. The Universe is a life form like the earth,you
or I. Everything is, well,... what it is.

Nice and simple.

Also, and on a rather more scientific level, Douglas Adams' 42 is also
the atomic mass number of Molybdenum, a chemical element which is
apparently important for creating life.

firefly the fool