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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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