¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*                                          *~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~                                          ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  ~~$@~~                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                ~~$    $~~                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              ~~$  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                     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~                                          ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*                                          *~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨