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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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