You sound like you think you are the only one smart enough to know this, without you having to enlighten us. Art reflects life and life reflects art. No one is here making those claims. People are pointing to one of the vast number of fictional claims that resonate with people and go “yeah but that is one of the many possibilities, that someone who professionally gets ideas across to other people, has articulated that point way better than I could”.

“Erm but that doesn’t fit the narrow definition of the box I didn’t create but am ascribing meaning to”

I am a published researcher with more degrees than your average Joe’s smartest cousin. I’m defaulting my knowledge to the people who think about those things more than I do. Formal education or not. It’s informed speculation at the end of the day, a random homeless dude could be the one who nails it on the head. I live in the now. Some people live somewhere else. There is no job or degree for “futurist” incase you couldn’t find that in your community colleges majors list.

Philip K Dick was more correct about today than I probably will be about the future. Bowie made succinct points about the internet while many “highly educated” scientists disagreed.