Agreed on much of what you said there, Dieter, but the message risks getting lost in the snark....

...Realistically, being good at 'pronoun biology' is kind of neither here or there in terms of our track record at innovation: what matters is our ability to make targeted investments that create regional focal points for innovation in important sectors. Hey, if we chose to, we could be good at both.  :-)  Mind you, having seen the piece on the 'supercluster' candidates that are under discussion, we do seem to have chosen otherwise....