Well... kinda, maybe.

Darn! Dolby's song is a classic satire on the very subject being discussed, as well as being pretty damn funny.

This. Well said.

Andy Warhol's Dracula has risen from the grave with the aid of some CGI!

I am definitely wearing the wrong t-shirts.

Two points:

Amen.

I understand your argument, and from one narrow point of view I can even agree with you. However if one applies your logic generally you end up in some very dark places.

You missed "Stop forcing females to wear lingerie superhero outfits".

Heh. I came here to post Dennett's name. I simultaneously enjoyed and loathed college philosophy because of him.

Paul McAuley has (for me) filled the void that Iain Banks left in Space Opera Sci-Fi. I love his writing style, as well as the grand sweep and internal consistency of the worlds he creates.

Heck, when I was 12 I bypassed the toaster mechanism entirely.

What? No Jacques de Molay? Friday 13, 1307 brought the arrest of most of the Templar order on the order of Phillip of France. This fact figures prominently in many explanations for why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky.

"[The] Starfire is the direct descendent of America's very first jet fighter, the F-80 Shooting Star (though some inspiration also came from the later T-33A Shooting Star)".

How ironic.

Ah. We're looking at two sides of the same coin, essentially. I just like tails...

I'll see your 20,000 Leagues and raise you the Andromeda Strain. Even when published, the premise was completely logical, and the scenario has actually transpired in the real world (the plague portion, anyway). You seem to be conflating science fiction with fictional science. Either one can be a great story platform,…

That's interesting, because I see it as the exact opposite. Disbelief is the lack of faith that a particular thing is even possible. That is the opposite of receptive in my book. Different strokes I guess...

All? Certainly not.
There are many examples of science fiction stories that have largely been realized, and many stories that are so close to factual reality that they could be true upon publication. Additionally, even the far fetched ones don't necessarily require suspension of disbelief. More often, they merely…

I think for most folks 'science fiction' implies that the premise is at least possible (if not feasible or inevitable). Once the premise is thoroughly debunked, it tends to be called fantasy. For me at least, fantasy is what requires that willing suspension of disbelief you mentioned.