Transcendent Thought

"Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?"

- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Conversations with Planet", Epilogue

Transcendent Thought is a Discover technology in Alpha Centauri.

Background
Based on Controlled Singularity (C16) and Threshold of Transcendence (E19), this ology finally unlocks the keys to the final stage of evolution with Transcendent Thought—the ability to contain a self-awareness, or ‘soul’, outside the bounds of a corporeal form. Those who so choose may now complete the Ascent to Transcendence, joining their consciousness with the Planetary mind in ageless immortality.