I’m not sure I agree with 9. There is a lot of SF out there, and some of it (Roadside Picnic, Stanislaw Lem’s works) presents the idea that the universe is inherently uncaring in a very real way. Anthropomorphization is not an inherent feature of the genre, and fiction might enable directly understanding these ideas in a way that argument doesn’t make real for some people.
I’m not sure I agree with 9. There is a lot of SF out there, and some of it (Roadside Picnic, Stanislaw Lem’s works) presents the idea that the universe is inherently uncaring in a very real way. Anthropomorphization is not an inherent feature of the genre, and fiction might enable directly understanding these ideas in a way that argument doesn’t make real for some people.