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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn't the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or as a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn\'t the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or as a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
This ties into the debate \"is science fiction science fiction if it accepts or includes the supernatural being real?\" Some say yes, others say no (the latter coining the term science fantasy).
This ties into the debate \"is science fiction science fiction if it accepts or includes the supernatural being real?\" Some say yes, others say no (the latter coining the term science fantasy).
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn't the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or as a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn\'t the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or as a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn't the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn\'t the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or as a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySupersitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn't the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or a crutch a materialist author uses to accommodate their views.
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One of the reasons is that science fiction is very popular (but not exclusively so) with materialists, who tend to be hostile to the supernatural (including the divine and the spiritual, and by extension those who affirm them, religion being the most visible example) and are some of the most ardent supports of the OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions trope (prejudice against the supernatural and religion isn\'t the only reason but a large factor in it). PsychicPowers are either done in ignorance of their supernatural nature, because they look cool or a crutch a materialist author [[MoralMyopia myopically]] uses to accommodate their views.
