,,:~^%*¶@#                                          #@¶*%^~:,,
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,,,,,:~^%*                  ~~*¶~~                  *%^~:,,,,,
,,,,:~^%*¶                ~~*    *~~                ¶*%^~:,,,,
,,,:~^%*¶@              ~~*  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                     @¶*%^~:,,,
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