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Doug Freyburger wrote:

> In all of the previous Shadow Wars, either the Shadows or
> Vorlons won, and in the process somne species were
> pushed to extinction and other species were pushed more
> quickly to moving from body based life to spirit only life
> and becoming First Ones.

I have a question.

Why is it assumed in SF-genres like B5, anything by Arthur C. Clarke, 
various Star Trek episodes, some other places, that "spirit-only life" 
or energy-based existence is considered a progression from where we 
humans are today?

I wonder, in earnest, about the origins of that idea.

Rob
                                                                       
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