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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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