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=†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†=
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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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=†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†=