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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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