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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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