What is a Transintellectual?
Trans is a Latin noun or prefix meaning across, beyond or on the opposite side.
Transhumanism is an international cultural and intellectual movement with an eventual goal of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to greatly enhance
human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities. Transhumanist thinkers
study the potential benefits and dangers of emerging technologies that could overcome fundamental
human limitations, as
well as the ethics of developing and using such technologies. They speculate that human beings
may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with such greatly expanded abilities as to merit the label posthuman.
An intellectual is a
person who primarily uses intelligence in either a professional or an individual capacity. As a substantive or adjective, it refers to the
work product of such persons, to the so-called life of the mind generally, or to an aspect of
something where learning, erudition, and informed and critical thinking are the focus.
The Kardashev Scale is a method of measuring a civilization'
s level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to utilize. The scale has three designated categories called Type I, II, and III.
A transintellectual is a
person who who values intelligence in either a professional or personal capacity in active pursuit of upward mobility across the Kardashev Scale.
