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