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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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