# Should fictional entertainment never encourage "supernatural" thinking?

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**Created:** [February 2, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fictional-entertainment-never-encourage-supernatural-thinking/569872 "2011-02-02T07:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-fictional-entertainment-never-encourage-supernatural-thinking/569872/29 "2011-02-03T04:24:59Z")

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> [@statsman1982](#):
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> I agree with the sentiment that fiction, by its very definition, doesn’t have to reflect reality.

I agree, but science fiction does have to _reflect_ reality. What is reality? I probably don’t know but I do know that it can be _distorted_.

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