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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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