It's substantive, pointing out there are many major tech projects these days based on pipe dreams born of sci fi books. The fact there are so many means either our tech leaders are not very smart, are scamming the government funds, and/or are out of good ideas. Which leads to the bigger question, what has happened to our vision for the future?

I believe you that you had those words in mind, but they're not what you posted.

Well, I appreciate you civilly correcting me, which you seem to have a good history of doing, so I apologize for my tone.