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Of course what constitutes science fiction is a pretty nebulous idea anyway. The lable gets slapped onto all manner of things. Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood often get classed as sci-fi and neither contain very much in the way of scientific speculation (telescreens notwithstanding). Instead, both describe dystopian futures and are more social and political speculation than scientific. On the other hand, Star Wars is pretty much synonymous with sci-fi, but strip away the spaceships and laser guns and it's an old fashioned sword and sorcery yarn.
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