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..~~==%§##              ~~%  LIFE  %~~              ##§%==~~..
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....~~==%§ ~ ~ % 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  % ~  ~  ~  ~ ##§%==~~..
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....~~==%§ - 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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