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