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