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In a way similar to fantasy literature, science fiction represents prodigious creatures and phenomena that concurrently represent beliefs—in extraterrestrials; clones; secret, powerful machines; etc. The difference is that fantasy calls on the supernatural whereas science fiction is based on rationality and scientific likelihood. Either way, there are forms of belief. There is inverse symmetry between the attitudes of writers and the public. Authors emphasize the aesthetic side of extraordinary (the art of stirring the audience) and minimize the axiological side (their own belief or unbelief). Conversely, the public tends to select aesthetical works that confirm axiological attitudes. This leads to a less extreme distinction between the sphere of belief and the field of fiction.