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   From: huntrrz@newsguy.com   
      
   On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:08:56 -0400, David McMillan   
    wrote:   
      
   >	One of the underlying themes of B5 appears to have been that   
   > the acquisition of (weakly) godlike powers does not necessarily   
   > confer godlike wisdom... or even emotional maturity.  Which makes   
   > for an interesting thought, as well as a cautionary note, when   
   > noting that it was very strongly implied that Humanity was on its   
   > way to becoming (one of?) the next Vorlon/Shadow-class race.  I   
   > wonder if JMS will ever do anything with that -- did future Humanity   
   > learn from the earlier bad example, or did history just repeat   
   > itself in the B5 universe?   
      
   	In "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" we see an evolved   
   human reviewing an archive of human history that he is making a copy   
   of to take to "New Earth".  The computer interupts several times to   
   report "solar anomalies" that present a danger.   
      
   	On CompuServe, JMS explained that humanity had migrated and   
   had triggered the Sun to nova early so it would wipe out all traces of   
   their technology to avoid leaving anything behind to interfere with   
   the development of younger races - learning from the First Ones'   
   mistakes.   
      
   		HR   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)