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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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