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Originally Posted by DrWho
Science fiction isn't really about aliens, it's about humans with current cultural values projected into an unfamiliar setting with the aim of exploring the human condition.
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Not all of it, no. There is a vast range of science fiction, and some of it does explore alienness. Just not the stuff that gets made into TV shows.
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