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