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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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.^~~~^^^^& &^^^^~~~^.
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