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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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