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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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