{
  "id": 129922,
  "title": "Your life has purpose — just not the kind you think",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/your-life-has-purpose-just-not-the-kind-you-think",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-04T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/the-well/your-life-has-purpose-just-not-the-kind-you-think/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Does life have a purpose? Philosopher Alan Love argues that the answer is not as simple as yes or no. From birds that fake a broken wing to protect their young to cancer cells pursuing their own agency inside a larger organism, Love examines how purpose, function, and goal-directed behavior appear across different scales of life. For him, the better question is not whether purpose exists, but…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}