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¨¨¨¨¨,~/**                                          **/~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~/**£                                          £**/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~/**£@                                          @£**/~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~/**£@#                  ~~*£~~                  #@£**/~,¨¨
¨,~/**£@##                ~~*    *~~                ##@£**/~,¨
¨¨,~/**£@#              ~~*  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                     */~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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