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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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