¨¨&&¨&¨¨&&                                          ¨&¨&&&&¨¨&
&¨&¨&&&¨&¨                                          ¨&&&¨¨¨&¨&
¨&&&&¨¨&&&                                          ¨&¨¨&¨¨&&&
&&¨¨¨&¨&¨¨                                          ¨&&¨&&¨&¨¨
&¨&¨¨&&&&¨                                          &&¨&&¨&&&¨
&&&&¨&¨¨¨&                  ~~%#~~                  &¨&&¨&&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨&                ~~%    %~~                &&&¨&&¨&¨&
&¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&              ~~%  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                     ¨&&¨&&¨¨¨¨
&¨¨¨&&¨&&¨                                          ¨&¨&&¨&¨¨¨
&&¨¨&¨&&¨&                                          &&&&¨&&&¨¨
&¨&¨&&&¨&&                                          ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&¨
&&&&&¨¨&&¨                                          &¨¨¨&¨&¨&&
¨¨¨¨¨&¨&¨&                                          ¨&¨¨&&&&&¨