###&$††~.,                                          ,.~††$&###
###&$††~.,                                          ,.~††$&###
###&$††~.,                                          ,.~††$&###
&$††~~~~.,                                          ,.~~~~††$&
###&$††~.,                                          ,.~††$&###
&&††††.,,,                  ~~$#~~                  ,,,.††††&&
###&$††~.,                ~~$    $~~                ,.~††$&###
###&$††~.,              ~~$  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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###&$††~.,                                          ,.~††$&###