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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     *      ~      ~ ,,,~~~~**@
@**$~~~~~, ~  ~  ~  ~  *  of criteria  *  ~  ~  ~ ~ ,~~~~~$**@
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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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