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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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