Do U think fiction(eg mythologies & sci fi(modern mythologizing)can sometimes explain the teleological aspect?

Question

Full Q: Do you think sometimes fiction (eg ancient mythologies and science fiction(modern mythologizing) can sometimes explain the teleological aspect of the "facts" better than science or classical philosophy can?

Answer 1

Of course. The truth is always stranger than fiction.

Answer 2

It depends on what you mean by "facts."

Edit:

Heeltap, you're the one who put "facts" in quotes, so what do you mean by that? Do you mean the facts that the liberals tout? The facts that Christians tout? What is it that you mean? By mythology, are you lumping Christianity in there, or not? I don't view Christianity as mythology. If you are just referring to science-fiction, or mythology explaining an alternative to the Creationist ideal (which is, after all, basically what teleology is), then my answer is no, it can't. Science, after all, hasn't disproved Christianity, in fact, the more you look at it, the more it supports it.

Answer 3

A SciFi author proposed that entertainment should teach some true, even if it was a fact or two - sorry can't remember his name, but he wrote the Warlock series.