Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.

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Science fiction is not often thought of as a genre that teaches the lessons of life, but it actually makes an effort to do so. By using science-fiction technology to explore human issues like the nature of reality, what it means to be human, and how do we know things that we think we know. Science fiction can be thought of as the literary equivalent of the “what if” game.

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