Science fiction seems to me to contain a massive element of hope or fascination at what could be. Even when great liberties are taken with scientific theories as they are known to us. Just how is it undignified to use these concepts?

Or, maybe we should just call it generic boring names like "voyager" or "enterprise"? When they named a submarine Nautilus, I, for one, thought that was 'cool'.

No, the only objection I have to the name 'serenity' is that it hails from obviously bad science fiction. Take something from Asimov, or Heinlen, or what have you.

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