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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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