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Humans are adaptation-executers, not fitness-maximizers.
Indeed.
Obviously, asking "What's it all about?" did at some point contribute to eating, survival, or reproduction.
I suspect reproduction. It could be a way to signal higher intelligence, which is attractive, because it increases the chance of survival and reproduction of the children.
Not every specific question need have contributed to fitness.
Just as the ability to read never contributed to fitness until someone figured out how to do it with our already existing hardware.
No, not every specific question, but this one did. I mean, guys even today try to impress girls by being "deep" and "philosophical".