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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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