The value of science fiction
Things can be said in the genre of science fiction that can't be said in others. There are few rules for science, and even fewer for science fiction.
Science fiction can help you to see yourself, and your world, in a much broader perspective. It can help to shatter the ego by immersing it in the vast reaches of space, endless time, and placing it among untold numbers of other species of intelligent life, all with contrasting and equally plausible world views as your own.
If only you could take just the benefits of science fiction, and not be dragged down by the drug it offers in the shape of escapism.