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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    * #§*%=~,...
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.,~=%*§#@# ~  ~ * 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  #§*%=~,...
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