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Question: LIFE in its natural state is short, brutal, and cold!. What does that mean to you!?
Hobbes: modern founder of the social contract tradition; life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Well!.!.!. it depends from which point of view you formulate the question!.!.!. If you ask an elephant, it will answer something different than a ant!. If you ask from a human perspective, a sequoia would have a long life!. An ant won't think about life as solitary!.!.!.

I think life is a complex phenomenon and it is a common mistake of us humans to judge it from our "modern" way of living!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It means I'd better go find some Aliens, convince them to rescue me from my brutish, cold relatives, and go live with them, instead!. They should share the secret to eternal life with me, too!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

The cynical, realistic, unbiased truth!.

But that's why we have optimism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's true in away, you know what they always say "life is too short"!.
So in away that makes life important to you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, that's just human life!.Www@QuestionHome@Com