Genetic engineering is changing the semantics, the meaning of life itself. We\u27re trying to usurp the plant\u27s choice. To force alien words into the plant\u27s poem, but we [have] a problem. We barely know the root language. Genetic grammar\u27s a mystery.... We\u27ve learned a lot about the letters-maybe our ability to read and spell words now sits halfway between accident and design - but our syntax is still haphazard. Scrambled. It\u27s a semiotic nightmare
