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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  *  ~ ~  ~  ~ §.§§.....§
..§..§§§.§                                          §§.§....§.
.§§.§..§§. - 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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