Hm. I have no sense of symbiotic resonant certainty as to what you are driving at, there, homer. At least you don't seem to be yelling.

How potentially symbolic, though, of the span, importance, and extent of true affective-influenced biotechnology. Cymbalic? '-)

Potential surprises in definition, are always inferrable, both under and over.

"Definitions of affect on the Web:

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In psychology, affect is the scientific term used to describe a subject's externally displayed mood. The use of this term grew out of a developing understanding on the part of researchers and clinical psychologists that subjects, including emotionally disturbed ones, could display a mood they ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect (psychology)

"Affect" (latin affectus) is a concept used in philosophy by Spinoza and Deleuze. According to Ethics III, 3, Definition 3, an affect is an empowerment, and not a simple change or modification. Affects, according to Deleuze, are not simple affections, as they are independent from their subject. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect (philosophy)

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Illustrative/demonstrative of the meanings detours possible in animated debate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty

In Through the Looking Glass

(illustration)Humpty Dumpty and Alice. From Through the Looking-Glass. Illustration by John Tenniel.Humpty appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, where he discusses semantics and pragmatics with Alice.

"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' "Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"

"But `glory' doesn't mean `a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected.

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all."

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again.

"They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs, they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"