[Rob!]

Simple fact of the matter is that we won't know until our current life is over. Or maybe we won't and our lives will simply start again. Personally I'd rather that. I hate the idea that once we're gone, we just cease to exist. Somehow, be it science or through some other celestial being, life was created to the level it is today.
Yeah, we learn..but why? We only learn what we subconsciously believe to be worth holding on to.