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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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