Why SciFi?

Why scifi is something that I have been asked, and have pondered many times. Most often when people are asked this question they respond with something along the lines of a hope for a better tomorrow, or a need to believe in something more. For me, this is not quite the case.

While Science Fiction, in most cases, does give me a degree of hope for a better tomorrow, I find that with its aliens and apocalypses offer an unique view into the human psyche. Many genres tell us something about ourselves, though none of them with quite the depth as Scifi does. Horror's goal is to scare us, comedy to amuse. Drama is an attempt to portray a near lifelike situation. Scifi looks at why.

Science Fiction looks at who we are, where we came from, where we are going, and wonders why, how, what now? Every answer that the various authors and producers come up with tell us about us. The whole point of Science Fiction is to think, to explore the Human, not just entertain it. That is why I read and watch Scifi.