I Love Adventure but Not on an Alien Planet—Here’s Why

Through the years we've heard in the news about cases of UFOs; even in countless movies we're made to believe there are possibilities of other races being out there, and in truth I find it fascinating. Despite all these claims of UFO sightings, we've not necessarily had concrete backing to prove them right, so peradventure at the end of the day it was later discovered that there's a planet out there that's occupied by another being better known as aliens. Would I be willing to move there to explore, or would I stay put here on earth and enjoy my life like I've been doing before? In this article I'll be stating my take on these, the reason for my decision, and other things that revolve around it.

In most of the movies I've watched, many of them often show aliens as an evil race that comes here to Earth to milk our resources, kill our people, and dominate our land. Although not all the movies show them like that, why would I want to leave my life behind and move to another planet where in that place they won't be the alien? Instead, I'll be the one seen as an alien and a strange being. The idea of doing that doesn't fascinate me, and I don't think I'll be embarking on that trip at all.

As humans, when we see something strange, we often go defensive and try to explore to know why that thing is the way it is. Even being ourselves as the human race, we've read in the history books of how the colonial masters used the Black for diverse things, such as a test subject for their numerous intentions, researches, and the like, without caring about the effect of their practices on the person they're using as the subject of their test. I'm guessing that if we humans have that nature, then there's no assurance that those aliens won't have the same traits and would want to cut me open to understand the kind of being I am, why I'm the way I am, and the like. After all,we see humans do the same to aliens in movies.

I'm the kind of person who loves to explore, see new places, see new things, and understand how things work, but despite my love for adventure and exploration, I won't be thinking about going to another planet so I can either explore an alien planet or reside with them. I know my life isn't perfect and there are rooms for improvement, but that doesn't mean I'll throw away all that I have here on earth for the uncertainty of what an alien planet might have in store for me. Here on earth I've got friends, loved ones, and hope for the future, plus earth is my home, and I won't be wanting to move to a stranger place filled with beings that look completely different from me.

Staying back here on earth doesn't mean I won't succeed or something else terrible, and I'm ready to keep doing what I'm already doing here on earth for as long as possible. I know things will change for good in the near future, and regardless of the opportunity that lies in an alien planet, I'm not interested in it and won't want to go. Why? Mainly because I felt like I'd be used as a lab rat by the aliens, who will find it strange to see someone who's entirely different from them. We humans do this all the time with the animals that are inhabitants of earth just like us, so what's the assurance that aliens won't have the same tendency and do the same to us when we visit their planet?

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