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