A.C.H.  wrote or quoted:
> paulw{at}mmail.ath.cx (Paul) wrote in message
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> > How far are we from being able to answer the why question?
> 
> Humans ask why-questions. Presumed answers to why questions, involving
> some meaning/purpose/value in the future (relative to the question
> under consideration) are subjective; purposes/meanings/values don't
> hang out there in the real world, they only exists in sofar they are
> projected into the world by brains, particularly human brains.

The universe /may/ have a purpose independent of us.

In particular, we may be living inside a large genetic algorithm, 
constructed to solve a particular problem.

If so: the world has a definite purpose - and it is quite legitimate to 
ask what it is ;-)
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