Yes, but fiction not only reflects the present, it also influences the future for decades
Any story does that. It's not exclusive to science fiction.
Positive sci-fi inspires innovators and budget in that sector, negative one inspires defensive spending and police state.
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Now that's interesting
It surprisingly is. The articles I've read on the matter have all been well written and there was a respectable amount of research done by the writers and others. And when I say articles, I don't mean blog posts. These are honest-to-goodness real journalism and research. Not scholarly, of course. That'd probably a hard sell. But still.
Any story does that. It's not exclusive to science fiction.
True. But IMO sci-fi is one of the genres which influence how people think of the future at most.
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Sorry, I don't have a link. I was too lazy to actually implement the idea of a webapp which stores the sources to my opinions. But as an example, there where UFO invader movies in the 50s and a few years later they tested(and failed) them on Area 51.
Yes, but fiction not only reflects the present, it also influences the future for decades. Positive sci-fi inspires innovators and budget in that sector, negative one inspires defensive spending and police state.
Now that's interesting. A good reason to do some research.