#¤$~-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-~$¤#
##¤**$†~-,                                          ,-~†$**¤##
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##***$†~-,                                          ,-~†$***##
###¤*$†~-,                                          ,-~†$*¤###
###¤*$†~-,                  ~~*#~~                  ,-~†$*¤###
###¤*$†~-,                ~~*    *~~                ,-~†$*¤###
#¤¤$~,,,,,              ~~*  life  *~~              ,,,,,~$¤¤#
#¤¤¤*$†~-,                ~~*    *~~                ,-~†$*¤¤¤#
###¤*$†~-,                  ~~#*~~                  ,-~†$*¤###
#**†-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-†**#
¤$†-,,,,,, ~ ~ *  a multitude of definitions *  ~ ~ ,,,,,,-†$¤
###¤*$†~-, ~   *   does   not   help.   we    *   ~ ,-~†$*¤###
##¤**$†~-, *     can     say     "life     is     * ,-~†$**¤##
¤¤*†~~---, ~   *   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                         ,,-~~†**¤¤
###¤*$†~-, - life can be cursed                     ,-~†$*¤###
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