>Which begs the question of just WHY?
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>Really, in B5 and in this episode, as soon as someone proves to be
>more capable than they'd expect, the PsiCorps member in question
>immediately drops the ball. They lose their focus and it all goes to
>Hell. Or is it just that the Psi Corps mentality of 'telepaths are
>superior to normals' is so completely OVERRIDING of anything else that
>the first shove against the structure makes it all come down?

The Psi Corps attracts certain kinds of people, especially two particular kinds which make for trouble.

The first kind is the kind that all law enforcement agencies attract- the petty thug who enjoys the arbitrary authority a badge brings.

The second kind is worse- the kind that reasons that, since everyone else is obviously worse than they are, that everyone else must be controlled for Their Own Good. This is the mentality that desires order, structure, and hierarchy, and which cannot abide a competing hierarchy or, worse yet, a free society.

Neither of these kinds of people is terribly smart in the first place, and they're all too easy prey for the -third- kind... the kind who don't just want authority or order, but raw power. Thus, they are actively -discouraged- from original thought, and when an original situation comes up, they aren't equipped to cope.

The third kind -do- cope, of course, which is why -they- come back in later episodes while the other two kinds tend to have short careers.

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