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