V. To become vastly superhuman and incomprehensible for unaugmented beings. [vernor vinge, a fire upon the deep]

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To become vastly superhuman and incomprehensible for unaugmented beings. [Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, 1992]

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[1] sometimes a higher toposophic Mind grows weary of embodied existence. It then decides to go elsewhere (nirvana, cosmic mind, reincarnation, whatever). Such powers are called Transcends. Many are worshipped as supernatural deities, and have miracles attributed to them. [2] for baselines and nearbaselines, the state of nirvana or moksha.

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