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.^=*§$@###                                          ###@$§*=^.
..^=*§$@##                  ==$@==                  ##@$§*=^..
.^=*§$@###                ==$    $==                ###@$§*=^.
..^=*§$@##              ==$  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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