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#@@#*§;-,.                  --*@--                  .,-;§*#@@#
##@@#*;-,.                --*    *--                .,-;*#@@##
#@@#*§;-,.              --*  life  *--              .,-;§*#@@#
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####*§;-,. - -  *  a multitude of definitions * - - .,-;§*####
@@#§-,.... -   *   does   not   help.    we   *   - ....,-§#@@
#§----,... *     can     say     "life     is     * ...,----§#
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@#*;;;-,,. -  -  *  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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