Why does humanity exist?

Question

Why does humanity exist?

Answer 1

The same reason mosquitoes exist:  none!

Answer 2

Because of a chain of millions of random changes, mutations, and chances that let us evolve.  We got lucky, is all.  After all - if cats had developed opposable thumbs, you'd probably be speaking Siamese right now...

Answer 3

again i say, i never understood man's need to have a purpose.....

why does there have to be any reason we're here? why do we HAVE to have a purpose? why can't we just be a random convergence of atoms...?

Answer 4

to make God laugh

Answer 5

Well, that is one of the age old questions now isn't it?

This is astronomy, maybe not exactly the best forum for such questions. but being human in a metaphysical sense,is to describe the joy, terror and other feelings or emotions associated with being and existence. Humans, to an apparently superlative degree amongst all living things, are aware of the passage of time, can remember the past and imagine the future, and are intimately aware of their own mortality. Only human beings are known to ask themselves questions relating to the purpose of life beyond the base need for survival, or the nature of existence beyond that which is empirically apparent: What is the meaning of existence? Why was I born? Why am I here? Where will I go when I die? The human struggle to find answers to these questions — and the very fact that we can conceive them and ask them — is what defines the human condition in this sense of the term.

The answer to such questions are as far and deep and wide as the universe itself.

Answer 6

To ask stupid questions about life, the universe, and everything.

Answer 7

The simple answer to this question is we exist because we do. It's like asking why do rocks exist. There is no why to it, it's a fact. Sure, you can have some long explanation starting with the big bang and going through all the quirks and happenstance which resulted in life and the environment we live in today. But in a in a more philosophic sense, good luck finding a answer. This question has been debated for thousands of years with no definitive answer. I prefer to keep it simple.

Answer 8

Humans are the Universe's way of knowing itself.  We are related to all life on Earth.  Every atom in our bodies heavier than hydrogen was formed in an exploding star.  We are of the Universe.  Start your studies.

True believers will say it is to please God.  But this is Astronomy and Space.

The Zoology (etc.) section might talk about how you are the slave of your genes - your job is to make sure your genes are passed on.