It helps to increase entropy.

Whatever I decide it is, on any given day.

Purpose is subjective, like the flavor of chocolate. No objective purpose, like no correct answer to is chocolate good. But if you don't like chocolate you're a commy and we don't like your kind -_- .

From an Evolutionary standpoint to survive and reproduce. From any other it is has no purpose other than what you want to make of it.

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Life has no inherent purpose. We propagate by exchange of DNA or some other form of reproduction. That doesn't ascribe meaning.

None inherent, only made.

I chose "life has no purpose" although only because it comes CLOSEST to my thinking, which is that life has no INHERENT purpose or meaning. There's plenty of purpose and meaning for individuals to find for themselves, but it's not externally bestowed or universally defined.

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I guess I fall under the life has no purpose vote. Never understood nor cared what the purpose of life is. Life happens because it can.

Purpose only makes sense in life. Outside of human life it’s without meaning.

I don't think there is any grand purpose. We can assign purpose, but those are individual missions people take on, not the purpose itself lending opportunity.

Life is. Rocks are. Do they have a purpose? Granted, they can be useful but to suggest that the very act of being imposes a purpose is strained. If you wish to give your life a specific purpose that is wonderful (assuming it is a benevolent purpose, of course) but it was pretty much chance that got us here. Our duration is finite. Even that rock is gonna bite it in the end.

Life is it's own purpose.

To find out what the purpose of life is.

What are we going to do tonight? "Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world without supernaturalism!" The Brain, 'Pinky and the Brain'

I think we can all choose our own purpose. For me, it's increasing awareness of women's sport, and helping make sure it gets the same funding and media attention as men's sport.

The purpose of life is to give life purpose.

Taking the question literally, it has to be the passing on of DNA, otherwise life will cease.
I think some people are answering a somewhat different question, like 'What is the meaning of life' Very different!

Hopefully, it is whatever you want it to be! Make money? Save the rainforest? Become infamous? Enjoy!

Maybe the idea of life having a purpose is a byproduct of having evolved advanced consciousness and the prefrontal cortex. Animals don't seem to worry about such things. For them it's pretty much survival. Pets are a little different since their survival is taken care of, so they can live without worrying about those things.

To make another living organism's day a little better than it would have been without your existence.

"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!"

Lol

I have always liked to use the saying of learning, laughing and exploring.