The meaning of life is to have fun.
Not just getting highs off drugs,
but adventures, thinking, learning.
Being sad, being mad, and being complete.
Earth is the only planet in the universe
known to harbour life. The Drake equation
has been used to estimate the probability
of life elsewhere, but scientists
disagree on many of the values of
variables in this equation. Depending
on those values, the equation may
either suggest that life arises frequently
or infrequently. Life is the characteristic
state of organisms and individual
cells. Properties common to the known
organisms found on Earth are that
they are carbon and water based, are
cellular with complex organization,
undergo metabolism, possess a capacity
to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce
and, through natural selection, adapt
in succeeding generations. The meaning
of life is to have fun. Not just getting
highs off drugs, but adventures, thinking,
learning. Being sad, being mad, and
being complete. An entity with the
above properties is considered to
be an organism. However, not every
definition of life considers all of
these properties to be essential.
For example, the capacity for descent
with modification is often taken as
the only essential property of life.
This definition notably includes viruses,
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