This is one of my favourite topics of discussion, being a science-minded individual, but I've nothing that I feel like contributing at this point.

I must, however, do my sworn duty as a moderator:

Cloud_99 and g33ky_girl, please stop double-posting - that is, posting twice in a row. If you make a post then realise you want to add more, please use the 'edit/delete' button that's found underneath your posts.
That is all.

[q=g33ky_g1rl]
kinda muggy to think that we'll never actually know the real answers to why the Universe is here, and how it got here. Or if we ever do finally figure it out, we'll probably be dead >_> [/q]Good point... but the fact that we, personally, will never know the answers isn't a good reason to stop looking, in my opinion. Today's scientists are discovering fragments of theory and information which are gradually expanding our overall understanding... in time, these elements of knowledge will continue to grow, eventually leading to clearer answers. If we simply give up because we'll never know in our lifetimes, then we'll be ensuring that future generations are doomed to ignorance also. Better to do what we can, so that our descendants can have something to build upon, I think. After all, the ancient Greeks probably figured they'd never find all the answers, yet they invented the processes of discovery that we call science; they made the first tentative, faltering steps on the road to knowledge.

Understanding the universe is perhaps the ultimate goal in the pursuit of knowledge. Any progress we can make, how ever infinitessimal, has an inherent value.