"In this thesis, we present a detailed analysis of the conventions that appear in fictional spaceship design, including a discussion of their origins, their use

"In this thesis, we present a detailed analysis of the conventions that appear in fictional spaceship design, including a discussion of their origins, their uses in emulating certain traits, and reasons these conventions might be followed or ignored." Is there any further proof needed that we live in an enormously wealthy society that we can afford to pay people to engage in such frivolous research. It's also proof that AI will not result in net unemployment, because it will just open up the possibility of more of these sorts of frippery jobs.