I have a question and have to word this carefully...When I watch a science fiction film I assume that is a work of fiction, because in the name "science fiction" there is the word "fiction"...meaning it is a work of fiction, made up, not real, imaginary...So why do people assume the Matrix is real, Alien invasion is real, Aliens are real, ancient advanced technology is real...Without Any Actual Tangible touchy feely here it is proof...
I think this is because reality itself is suspect. If all we see and know has to be 1st thought then how do we know that what we think matches up with what actually is...the Matrix capitalizes on this...as did the scholastic philosophers who theorized about Occasionalism (the doctrine ascribing the connection between mental and bodily events to the continuing intervention of God).