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