BigBlackCockroachIt's impossible to want/like anything that doesn't increase the frequency of your genes in the next generation.
Pons_AeliusWhat?
I love reading SF.
I love bushwalking.
Neither does anything to increase my reproductive fitness.
anonionfinelymincedSome would argue that reading science fiction restricts it.
reading scifi makes for better conversation and by extension makes you a more attractive mate
Can confirm. I sat alone in the cafeteria in high school and read sci-fi and I was swimming in booty. The athletes and preppies would come up to me and say, "what's your secret bro?" And I wouldn't say anything; just smile and sit back and open my tattered, dog-eared copy of Dune.
Laugh all you want reading dune provides a lot of political acumen and social skills. All things being equal somebody who read dune is more attractive as a mater.
It wasn't the science fiction that lead to this result