all of those actively affect reality, no matter how much they tell you fiction does affect reality: https://psmag.com/social-justice/reading-fiction-impacts-aggressive-behavior-35839 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/04/28/why-fiction-good-for-you-......