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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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