No, I don’t mean disinterest.
I’ve mentioned before that people who are unfamiliar with science fiction, or with science fiction writers and fans, tend to assume that SF folks are credulous along the lines of “believing” in UFOs, where “believing” means having reached the conclusion, or simply assuming, that they must be spacecraft run by extraterrestrial aliens. (Not to the mention assumptions of “belief” of claims about psychics, ancient astronauts, etc. etc.)
Nothing could be further from the truth. (Nonsense, all of it.) SF folks are in general far less credulous and gullible than the general population. In part because they (we) know more about science and reality, and know the difference between evidence-for-belief and wishing-to-believe.
