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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~**                                          **~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*                                          *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  ~~$#~~                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                ~~$    $~~                ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~              ~~$  life  $~~              ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*                ~~$    $~~                *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~**                  ~~#$~~                  **~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~**$                                          $**~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~**$¤ ~ ~ $  a multitude of definitions $ ~  ~ ¤$**~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~**$¤# ~   $   does   not   help.   we   $    ~ #¤$**~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~**$¤## $     can     say     "life     is     $ ##¤$**~^¨¨
¨^~**$¤### ~   $    what    we   are,   and   $   ~ ###¤$**~^¨
¨¨^~**$¤## ~  ~  $  what  things  like  us  $  ~  ~ ##¤$**~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~**$¤# ~   $   are",   but   then    we   $   ~ #¤$**~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~**$¤ $    must    also    define    what    $ ¤$**~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~**$ ~  $  "things  like  us"  actually  $  ~ $**~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~** ~ ~  $ entails,  how  it  should $  ~  ~ **~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~* ~   $  be   measured,   who   or   $   ~ *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ $    what    is     the    arbiter,    $ ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ ~  $   and   so   instead  there   $   ~ ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~   ~   $   is    this   internationally ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ sanctioned      list     $      ~      ~ ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ ~  ~  ~  ~  $ of  criteria  $ ~  ~  ~  ~ ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*                                          *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~** - life must produce or consume milk      **~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~**$ - life must have a beginning and an end  $**~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~**$¤ - life can have dreams and can interact  ¤$**~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~**$¤# - life can steal                         #¤$**~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~**$¤## - life can be cursed                     ##¤$**~^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^~**$                                          $**~^¨¨¨¨¨