Every time I read an article on biotechnology, I want to yell at the scientists involved. They all seem to have forgotten Arthur Clarke's hypothesis that any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic, and so conclude that their own technology is magic. How else to explain the continuous reductionism of "how" transmogrifying into "why?" Little children play this game to the exasperation of any nearby adult (and to the child's own delight) when they reply to every response with "why?" An incomplete thought on a tired day...