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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 ,^~:*@@§#@
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##@@:~^,,, ~  ~  ~  ~  @  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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