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Every time I watch a scifi movie about aliens taking over the planet by inhabiting the body of a human and integrating into society, it always makes me wonder, why humans? (Yes, I understand that it's because humans are the audience and us being the target creates more audience appeal, but that's not the point of my question.)
In most movies, the aliens are supposedly of higher intelligence than us humans so if they can take over the body of any living organism, why would they choose the human body. They are already smarter than us so wouldn't it make more sense to choose a more powerful creature such as a lion or an alligator. That way they have both the brain and the brawn.
Humans are actually one of the weakest life forms when you take away their weapons (ie their intellectual capability that allows them to be superior to other animals). If you were to put a human in a cage with a lion and tell them to fight mele with the lion, there is less than a 1% chance that the human would come out on top. Now take a lion that had intelligence on par, rathet, superior to that of a human and take a regular human and tell them to battle the lion with nothing but their bare hands, the human has no chance. Give a human a weapon, the lion still has superior intelligence, which is what allows us to make weapons in the first place so...
The only reason humans are "on top of the food chain" is because we have higher intelligence which allows us to create weapons and traps to overpower and trick other animals. So why would the alien, having already achieved superior intelligence, choose to take over the body of one of the physically weakest lifeforms when they could simply choose one of the most powerful species on the planet and be both physically stronger and mentally sharper than humans and any other living organism on the planet?
Ngl I feel kinda dumb rn cause I've actually put some seriour thought into this on multiple occasions
i mean, other animals are ugly and stuff
Lol that's a fair point, but if they're aliens, they probably don't look like us, so wouldn't that mean we'd look ugly to them as well?
LMFAO this made me laugh so hard
nah, they know they're ugly. das why they wanna take over our bodies in the first place.
Lmao
Cuz we r on top of the chain :3
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Thank you for the normal answer
The aliens would want to use equipment and stuff. So they either use their stuff or human stuff. Let's say there are certain circumstances where they need to use our equipment. Do u think a lion can use it's paws to use a gun? Hence, to use the most valuable things on earth (created by the intelligence of humans), they need to use a compatible body.
I had a similar thought at one point, cause most animals don't have thumbs or long, nimble fingers that would allow them to create weapons. Thank you for your perspective even though this was a totally random (and kinda weird) question
I know that a lot of people believe that it's dumb to force military training but I had an argument with my sister a short while ago and was curious if anyone had the same opinion as me and how other's would view this situation.
I'm going to explain a short scenario below with my reasoning and follow up with my question.
So y'all know how in Korea it's mandatory for men to join the military for a while but I think that's a bit uncalled for. But imagine if a disaster occurred. Korean men would naturally have a better understanding of how to react and would be able to defend themselves since they already had training while in the military, but I was thinking perhaps there could be a year of mandatory military training (without having to actually be forced to join the military, I'm thinking of something more similar to self defense training.) for not just men, but everyone able bodied.
Logically, if a disaster occurred all able bodied men would be drafted anyway and following them would be women if circumstances get that bad, so I personally would like to have some knowledge on how to stay as close to safe as possible and protect myself and/or those I care about. What I'm wanting to know is how many of you would prefer the disbandment of military altogether (my sisters argument) or to have some form of military training that doesn't force you to join the military but still teaches you to defend yourself (my opinion.)? Or any other opinions as well of course.
Hmm.. I think it'll backfire in a way if a certain country suddenly made the military service as mandatory, other countries might as well think they are preparing for a war or colonize smth.. imagine the bigger country do that though you've also got a point but yeah
as of the moment my opinion in this is that it kinda violates the human rights??? since there is no freedom of choice and since not everyone is fitted for it because some people have mental illness or not physically not good.
I know you probably meant this in a good way, but this comes off as very ignorant in my opinion. There is a reason why military training is optional in America. Many people are already doing military training, and people who join gain the benefits and experience if they so choose. Education benefits, loans, bonuses, and health care are some examples of things included for people who are in the military. With that being said, I don’t think that the military should be mandatory like you said, here’s why:
The reason why South Korea (not “Korea”) has men required to train in the military from ages 18-28 is in short, for national security. We all know how North Korea and South Korea separated into two counties during the Korean War, ending in an armistice. So technically, South Korea and North Korea are still at war. With North Korea having a dictatorship government and bordering South Korea, there is a worry for a war to break out again, especially with the development of nuclear and atomic warfare. So long story short, South Korea requires mandatory military services for men if they ever go into war with North Korea again.
I can go on, but I think this should get my opinion across.
ooohhhh i forgot the benefits that you will get if you joined...... but do you think every country should be doing this? or like it depends
No, since life isn’t all about war and fighting. Instead of focusing more money and man power on war, we should be focusing more on peace efforts instead. There still should be an active military, however, it should not be mandatory. Like you said, it is a violation of freedom and a persons born natural rights. There are countries that do have active military requirements, but these countries are either war zones, or undeveloped.
No one can judge my man's here for going out with no clothes on IRL. That's just the humans natural state. So in actuality, he's being more normal than the humans walking around while wearing the pelts and materials of other living organisms ┑(￣Д ￣)┍