Re: Babylon 5
Ενδιαφέρον. Και το "We are all Kosh" πως το εξηγεί?
Κάποτε ο J. Michael Straczynski απάντησε ότι είναι a "Vorlon philosophical thingy.". Πάντως στα έργα δεν δίνετε κάποια εξήγηση από όσο ξέρω. Όμως αυτό που έχω βρει είναι το παρακάτω, και είναι ίσως η καλύτερη εξήγηση που έχω δει:
This line by Ulkesh was something that was never followed up on screen, probably because of the difficulty of rendering it effectively in dialogue. But there is a canonical answer in the Technomage novels.
In the Technomage novels, Jeanne Cavelos goes much more in-depth about the perspectives on the Vorlons and the Shadows than was ever done on screen. In the book, you can actually get a sense of their respective thought processes, particularly the Drakh, the Shadow vessels and their thralls.
Now with the Vorlons, they're able to break off pieces of their consciousness and put it into other lifeforms. But it's the way they do it. It's described as a "tendril" or "tentacle" of thought. For example, when Kosh put a piece of himself in Sheridan, he sent out a "tendril" of thought (as it was described in the book) and it was still distinctly Kosh. Now when the rest of Kosh died, it was described as an intense metaphysical battle between order and chaos (think ascended beings battling each other), that had some degree of physicality to it. The Shadows sent energetic waves of chaos/entropy that was attempting to cancel out/slice the coherent ordered energy that was Kosh's physical body. When the Shadows were really dealing out the damage to Kosh, a tentacle of thought was "sliced" away and subsequently "flung" out towards Sheridan. The tendril that was left in Sheridan was aware of the death of the rest of Kosh's body and yet Kosh's basic consciousness remained intact in the tendril. However, his consciousness was greatly diminished in awareness and power in order to make sure that neither the Shadows nor the other Vorlons would sense his presence. The reason for this is to protect Sheridan. The books gave you the sense that for the Vorlons, thought somehow has physicality in the form of energy--a very intriguing idea.
Because of this, the Vorlons have achieved a form of hive mind through a kind of racial telepathic union. Now this is distinctly different to the kind of hive mind the Borg have in Star Trek. The individual Vorlon has a separate identity, yes, but Kosh's thoughts are known to the other Vorlons. How this odd telepathic communion is achieved isn't elaborated upon. Ulkesh and the others were very much aware of his demise but not exactly of the circumstances that lead to it happening.