Yes, of course there are many good reasons why writers do this. Reasons why, for a writer, it can be good to do this, in addition to just being difficult to avoid.
But i don’t think that’s really the point. We’re not here to critique science fiction. We’re not tv critics. We’re trying to learn rationality techniques to help us “win” whatever we’re trying to win. And this is a fairly good description of a certain kind of bias.
You’re right though. Sci-fi is a good example to demonstrate what the bias is, but not a great example to demonstrate why it’s important.
Yes, of course there are many good reasons why writers do this. Reasons why, for a writer, it can be good to do this, in addition to just being difficult to avoid.
But i don’t think that’s really the point. We’re not here to critique science fiction. We’re not tv critics. We’re trying to learn rationality techniques to help us “win” whatever we’re trying to win. And this is a fairly good description of a certain kind of bias.
You’re right though. Sci-fi is a good example to demonstrate what the bias is, but not a great example to demonstrate why it’s important.