Well, this question leads back to, what is the significance of life, and then I get back to what is life itself. Sorry if this sounds weird, it's 1:21AM here.
You mean to ask what the purpose of life itself is ? Why there is life to begin with ? At the heart your question is a theological one. Even if you don't realize it you are asking for evidence of creation or something similar. There is no such purpose. Life does not have a plan, a goal, or an intent. It just is.
That's exactly what I meant, Life has no intent, but maybe the farthest we could go is to explain what life really is, what distinguishes a living molecule from a non-living one. Well, it would be nice if we could explain a life in math Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! We might, the laws of physics and chemistry are so simple, but nothing has been made for biology (life). In my opinion, the holy grail of biology is to find out what it is Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It achieves success when it copies itself. That's it. End of story. Life is a complex chain of chemical reactions which lead to duplicates with mild variations. The taking in of resources and expulsion of waste is all in service to this reproductive urge.
I'd go a step further and say that life (as we know it in everyday life) is a by-product of reproduction. Our bodies are just support machines for our genes. In fact, most genes are just coordinating the support machines to support the genes that are in charge of the reproduction process Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
The sum of complex organization and it's chemistry is what we experience as life. Perhaps this will help to get the basic idea across Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://219.221.200.61/ywwy/zbsw(E)/edetail6.htm
in your post up above, you point out that the question has a religious root (i corrected this) well darwin put the feet back on the ground for the western faith based (us) think about it...... the indigenous already know, the eastern, the inuit... most all 'faiths' know we are all born from 'mother earth' defining that process is what we are here for Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
this one will mess with you............ you and i can take 2 images in thought and combine them basically, 2 shades of light combining to create a new shade......... (that is what our brain does with the entangled 'states' of mass in our brain matter (see polaritonics to comprehend how memories work) we can create 'ideas' ...........( a spark of new light; consciously) notice in our minds we can create anything but putting it to 'existence' is tough (that is why understanding existence has taken so long) now ask yourself: what has life been doing over the period of consciousness? (learning; putting knowledge to paper which has been evolving over time) now then think like a champ: what are electric and magnetic fields at perpendicular planes? Perhaps visualize a 'cross' orientated to its source? the egyptian anhk could be representing "energy affixed in time" the loop as time. could that old crazy idea of 'light is life' really have some meaning? could the life of mass be the energy of mass? to address energy as em in any of her illustrious wavelengths, as the energy upon mass, then from that point forth all of branches of the sciences can be corrected its its its................... a paradigm shiftttttt
you are right, my bad, i apologize.... for misrepresenting. i will leave that alone, my bad here is what was said but there is an intent, (purposed to continue) meaning the tap on the surface has been made, (we exist) an instinct by itself is a huge validation
sorry... you failed to include 'soul'. which is the critical life support system.. without soul, things or chemical reaction cannot be alive .... for more info, visit my site http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=89851
For this time in your evolution is moving, realise you will your pseudoscientific assumptions are the actual truths and the real science. For thus the mother earth is conscious operating on the very same wavelength as your brains. There was a time those like me believed those like you were incapable of such realisation but wrong I and others may seem to be proven. Wait I will for the great convergence for unity is at hand. I now may understand why your god took such admiration in your existence.
