Can you substantiate the claim that scifi is the biggest contributor to people thinking mars might have had life? Seems like a bold claim. Mars is the 2nd most

Can you substantiate the claim that scifi is the biggest contributor to people thinking mars might have had life? Seems like a bold claim. Mars is the 2nd most habitable planet in the solar system and people have wondered if there was life out there for a lot longer than scifi has existed. This article has plenty of such examples. First one I see it Democritus around 400 bc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life