On 1/3/2011 10:49 PM, Amy Guskin wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:28:10 -0500, Methuselah Jones wrote   
   > (in article):   
   >   
   >> Oh wait, wrong story.   
   >>   
   >> Hello all you wonderful, beautiful, marvelous B5 people!   
   >>   
   >> I'm trying to track down a line from B5, I'm pretty sure it's G'kar, who   
   >> says something like, we are the universe's effort to understand itself.   
   >>   
   >> Ready? Set...everybody answer at once! :)<<   
   >   
   > Hey there, and welcome back!  The line I think you're thinking of is Delenn   
   > to Brother Edward ("Passing Through Gethsemane"): "We are the universe trying   
   > to understand itself."   
   >   
   > Amy   
   "We are a way for the universe to know itself." Carl Sagan, Cosmos.   
      
   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1175883507954918704#   
   Fast forward to the last 15s of the video.   
      
   Did JMS ever reference Sagan on this phrase or did it pre-date Sagan?   
      
   Mike   
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