Birth, mom, dad, twin, siblings, the floor, the rug, outside, rain, dirt, salamanders, other kids, the car, then words.

One part molecules of atoms to 99 parts dark matter.

Enlightened self-interest. Awareness. What's good for other people is good for me too.

Mental illness. Organic and chemical deviations in a person's mind, or that of a parent's, or relational emotional trauma in youth.

Yes. Original ideas cannot be programed into the human mind. Regardless of mental pull, chemical preferences can be overcome.

Self-consciousness.

When I was young it was pretty easy and faster - good books, a quiet place to read, companionship, sex, beer for self-medication, learning. 

First I check wikipedia. If it sounds right, I'm satisfied. If I don't find the truth there I look elsewhere until I find it. If I don't find it anywhere else then i try to reason it through and make it up for myself.

'Meaning' is a subjective fiction each of us creates and projects onto the reality we share. Apart from our own mental creations, there is nothing larger, nothing objective.

Better physical and mental adaptation of life forms to the physical environment with each generation.

My brain will disintegrate, the universe will lose one bit but gain seven more.

I don't know. Nobody else does either.

What do you value most?