&&&¨&&&&¨&                                          &¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨&&¨¨¨&&                                          &&¨&&¨¨¨&&
¨&¨&¨&¨¨&¨                                          ¨¨&&¨&¨¨&¨
¨&&&&&&¨&&                                          &¨&¨&&&¨&&
&&¨¨¨¨¨&&¨                                          ¨&&&&¨¨&&¨
&¨&¨¨¨¨&¨&                  »»¤#»»                  &&¨¨¨&¨&¨&
¨&&&¨¨¨&&&                »»¤    ¤»»                &¨&¨¨&&&&&
&&¨¨&¨¨&¨¨              »»¤  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                     &¨&&¨&&&&¨
¨&¨&¨¨¨&&&                                          ¨&&¨&&¨¨¨&
&&&&&¨¨&¨¨                                          ¨&¨&&¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨                                          &&&&¨&&&¨&
&¨¨¨¨&&&¨&                                          ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&&
¨&¨¨¨&¨¨&&                                          &¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨