douglas adams has it right. the question is bulk of the work. answers are everywhere when the question is well defined. i may be crazy, but i really *expect* to figure it out, or live to see someone else figure it out. i think it's doable, solveable, etc.
when i'm talking about the 'meaning of life' i'm thinking:
what motivates us to continue 'making progress'?
what makes us move?
there's this process called spinodal decomposition that allows crystallization (sp?) to take place in a scene where molecules wouldn't normally collect together, but it still happens because there's a surface tension 'performance gain' sortof thing that makes the overall physical process a net gain from an energy standpoint.
i know there are levels of detail that have to be added to these sorts of questions before they can be tackled, and i'm sure i'll make more sense when i'm not watching Dane Cook over the top of my laptop.
wikipedia has kickass discussions of this meaning of life topic, but everyone's so non-committal. i want the ANSWER. the QUESTION. the only absolute truth is that people don't really agonize over questions of this level of abstractness, because we've convinced ourselves that there really isn't a deterministic answer (or that the answer is God, in whatever form).
more variations of questions to come (i know you're on the edge of your seat ;) )
this post is a case-in-point though - many distractions, makes it hard to stay on point for a relatively simple thought.
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