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MarkHastings, just wanted to tell you that I've enjoyed your posts. Thanks for sharing. Edited to add that I've enjoyed everyone's posts on this subject, not just Mark's. I know, I know. It's lame of me to say that, so I'll just shut up now.

No need to go on. I admit that I made an incorrect statement. That's what happens to me when I hurry. Allow me to put it another way. Everyone studies nature to some extent and everyone does it out of necessity. Newborns, kids, and adults, all try to understand their environment. Everyone is...

Every bit of knowledge gained granted an advantage to the party that gained it. Because people have always been in competition with each other, they had to seek knowledge to get ahead of their competitors. In other words, humanity has never sought knowledge just for the hell of it, but with the...

BrianW and Jeff Gatie: I think you guys failed to notice the part when I referred to “other humans” as nature’s challenges. Humans formed societies not just for protection from their predators, but also for protection from each other. Our “rocket-science” intelligence is a product of our life...

Nature provides us with challenges that we must overcome in order to continue to exist. At first it was our predators, then other humans (more advanced civilization could wipe out a more primitive one), now we are faced with diseases, natural disasters (meteor impact/supervolcano), and who knows...

I understand what you mean. For example, our computer networks have not saved us from any predator or natural disaster and probably never will. However, they brought about the age of information, which affects our societies and enhances our scientific progress. Both these things may indirectly...

I have carefully read the whole thread and really enjoyed the discussion. I’m glad to see that many people here have given some serious thought to their lives’ meaning. I too spent some time pondering it and came to some conclusions, which I would like to now share. - First of all, life...