¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  »»$#»»                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                »»$    $»»                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              »»$  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                     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»                                          »^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»\                                          \»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^»\§                                          §\»^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^»\§$                                          $§\»^¨¨¨¨¨