Many of us spend our lives thinking of science and philosophy. Looking for answers to the meaning of life the universe and our place in it. And then eventually we die. Have we not accomplished anything? Does our knowledge somehow live on beyond death? What is the point of seeking knowledge?
That has been one of my thoughts as well. If I try to gain as much knowledge as I can and share it with others then it might prove beneficial to those in the future. So in one way the knowledge I have acquired lives on.
It does, maybe. That's culture. In my culture the food is fantastic, and I'm sometimes in awe just thinking about ingredients and dishes. When you take something more rigorous like science, it can transport your mind in ways that can change entire civilizations.