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I expect sci-fi to be intellectual in all cases. I thought you were being witty with >14.
What other purpose does sci-fi have but to offer insight into the future and the present and force us to recognize what will come and what we are? It's the newest form of history, and I think it's vital to a healthy civilization.
Sci-fi really came about when Earth developed advanced technology, a defining moment for our species. Sci-fi is man's desire for progress, it's his eye on tomorrow. There is no such thing as sci-fi without intellect. Sci-fi without intellect isn't sci-fi, it's just bullshit.
It isn't called SCIENCE fiction for nothing. Unscientific pulp need not apply.