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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.
transintelectual by Dyson Sphere November 19, 2022
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Transintellectual 

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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.
Dave values intelligence in either a professional or personal capacity in active pursuit of upward mobility across the Kardashev Scale. Dave is a transintellectual.
Transintellectual by Dyson Sphere November 21, 2022
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

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