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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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