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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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