Trans is a Latin noun or prefix, meaning "across", "beyond" or "on the opposite side".
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence over established doctrine or
faith.
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".
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 trans-intellectual is a person who values intelligence in either a professional or personal capacity in active pursuit of upward mobility across the Kardashev Scale.
Dyson is on a life long journey to become more
intellectual. He plans on using his gained
knowledge to imorove the species and planet. He is definitely a transintelectual.
