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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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