Richard Dawkins explains the meaning of life

The Big Question with Richard Dawkins

see also: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xKam7UNN-2E

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[deanmullen10]

I kind of wander whether artificial selection is ethical or not, it could be seen as animal abuse to deny one's freedom to choose there own mate, is this selection beneficial to the bird as well? if so then it's probably moral.

[asseeninYOURDREAMS]

@deanmullen10 for the individual it is (beneficiary) since we bred them with healthy mates. Although there was probably 10000s of experimentations along the way. For the population it also was.. There are more chicken than people amazingly. Dog,cats and cattle are not in danger of extinction.

[asseeninYOURDREAMS]

2+2=jesus... haha

[mabhekaphansi]

Life, all life, has no "meaning" whatsoever. From the hot Big Bang to the heat death of the universe ... that is all there "is". To seek meaning in this is pointless.

[deanmullen10]

@mabhekaphansi yup agreed but still that's no reason to be sad, some may look at that and go "well life is depressing now" but that's the emotional equivalent of saying "oh I don't have a time machine to go the past therefore living life, which only brings me to the future makes life depressing" but its no reason to be depressed simply because its not our preferred want, there's other things to be happy about.

[mabhekaphansi]

@westi29 Yes, in a way. It all has no purpose at all, actually; the universe simply ... is.

[westi29]

@mabhekaphansi no the purpose of life is to reproduce successfully.

[Ashiman12]

@iamsocoole That's valid, to use the word "god" to describe the whole of the Universe, or the laws of nature. Einstein did so. But the problem is, using the term causes confusion as to your meaning and invites religious people to misinterpret you. And I doubt you mean that the Universe is a deity; rather, the feelings of awe and wonder that nature evokes seem almost spiritual. My advice: Just cut "god" out of it. Nature is just nature. And it's beautiful.

[h4ming]

@Lizardmanification half really

[Lizardmanification]

Religion is just a fucked up way to prey upon people ... if there is a God he deserves a good slap , because this world isnt balanced .. 1 half starving and the other half corrupt as fuck !