$^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^$
^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^
-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  --$#--                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                --$    $--                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              --$  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  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^
$^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ - life can steal                         ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^$
&$^-~¨¨¨¨¨ - life can be cursed                     ¨¨¨¨¨~-^$&
#&$^-~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~-^$&#
##&$^-~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~-^$&##
###&$^-~¨¨                                          ¨¨~-^$&###
####&$^-~¨                                          ¨~-^$&####
###&$^-~¨¨                                          ¨¨~-^$&###