Addendum

If they even put themselves out that much instead of calling him "Big Lord" or some such. You might not even know they're talking about a god if they start up a conversation about it. Ridiculous.

Pantheonizing

Here we are, always trying to come up with a hot new name for the god of fire, and meanwhile real cultures would squirt out "Blazing Fire God" and go on with their day, except in a different language so it sounds all exotic. Yeesh.

Addendum

The captain's job will of course to be handsome and invite people to dinner. It's not like there will be much else to do in space. "Captain, we had to wake you! Something came up!" Nothing will come up.

The Psychology of Space Travel

In the future when we (and I do mean we, radical-life-extension brothers and sisters) can enjoy leisurely spaceship cruises, will the captain sometimes mess with the temperature because people get all weird when the weather's too constant? No. It will be a separate officer whose job that is.

The Fly's Gratitude

One day the great progenitor came upon the fly in distress. "Help me!" it cried. "I'm on this weed over here but I want to be on that one!"
The great progenitor, wise, with no thought of gain, suggested, "Have you tried flying there?"
The fly did so and was amazed at the success of the plan. "Thank you! Someday I'll come to your aid in return!"
"In what way could you ever aid me?"
"I don't know!"
Ever since then flies have flitted about us, hoping one day to be of use.
Finis

The Impracticality of Space Battle

Given the industrial capacity of interstellar empires, they'll run out of cities after which to name their ships, and then what?

The Impracticality of Space Travel

When people are on their big spaceliners and such, how are they going to get the paper delivered? Hyper-fast delivery boys earning their first Federation credits? Probably, yeah, now that I think about it.

Unbelievable Settings

You might think you're clever, having cats be entirely absent from your world. The problem is that people instinctively reject utopias.

Addendum

If you're wondering what kind of circle of mages would develop such a thing, probably one with access to the internet, to wit, time-travelers. Whether they're traveling forward or backward is beyond me to say.

Practicality vs. Theatricality

I'm not sure a form of magic that involves tinting glass with spells that explode when activated is financially responsible, but the 5-minute animated shorts will be tremendous.