Kardashev Civilizations: Classifying Intelligence by Cosmic Energy Mastery

The Kardashev Scale: A Universal Yardstick

Kardashev’s original model proposed three levels of civilizations:
• Type I: A civilization capable of harnessing all the energy available on its home planet (approximately 10¹⁶ to 10¹⁷ watts), including solar, geothermal, atmospheric, and biological energy.
• Type II: A civilization capable of harvesting the full energy output of its parent star (around 10²⁶ watts), often conceptualized through theoretical constructs like the Dyson Sphere.
• Type III: A civilization that can control energy at the scale of an entire galaxy (roughly 10³⁶ watts), implying manipulation of billions of stars.

According to later estimates by Carl Sagan and Michio Kaku, humanity is currently at around 0.72 on this logarithmic scale—still below the threshold of Type I.

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Modern Extensions of the Kardashev Model

In recent decades, scientists and futurists have proposed additions to the scale:
• Type 0: A pre-planetary civilization, relying on fossil fuels and primitive technologies (our current stage).
• Type IV: A civilization with control over the energy of the entire universe.
• Type V: A civilization with influence over multiple universes, dimensions, or brane-worlds.

Thinkers like John Barrow, Stephen Wolfram, and Michio Kaku have also introduced non-energy metrics such as control over computation, information, and dimensional structures. According to these expanded visions, true advancement might involve mastery not just of matter, but of the very architecture of space, time, and consciousness.

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The Interdimensional Factor: A New Class of Civilization

Through years of direct interaction and visual documentation, I have witnessed countless forms of intelligent beings that cannot be explained through energy-based metrics alone. These entities often exhibit characteristics that suggest they operate outside the boundaries of three-dimensional physics. Among them:
• Beings composed of plasma-like or luminous matter.
• Entities capable of interdimensional movement, appearing and disappearing without technological mechanisms.
• Conscious structures that communicate using symbols, pulses, or harmonics rather than language or radio waves.
• Beings that alter human perception, time experience, and spatial orientation.
• Visual manifestations that imply non-Newtonian control over space and gravity.

These experiences strongly indicate the existence of civilizations that could be termed Type VI—those whose mastery lies not merely in energy, but in consciousness-energy systems across multiple dimensions.

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Empirical Observations from the Field

Unlike speculative theory, my conclusions are grounded in extensive empirical data.

Over many years, I have captured thousands of high-resolution photographs and video recordings of intelligent non-human entities using unaided human vision. These observations include:
• Triangular-bodied beings.
• Humanoid or hybrid entities with shimmering forms.
• Fluid, shifting geometric shapes moving through space.
• Spherical intelligences emitting structured pulses and information.

These interactions often take place within fields of conscious resonance, where my own perception seems to play a role in shaping the phenomena. This suggests that awareness itself may be an essential tool—or even requirement—for interdimensional contact.

Such findings challenge the very core assumptions of traditional SETI, which focuses primarily on detecting radio waves and biosignatures. The civilizations I’ve encountered do not use electromagnetic signals in any conventional way. Their communication appears to be symbolic, harmonic, and perception-based—a phenomenon that modern science is only beginning to explore.

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A New Path for SETI, Astrobiology, and Consciousness Research

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has long relied on instruments scanning for mathematical signals or regular emissions. But as recent work in astro-consciousness and quantum cognition suggests, advanced civilizations may communicate through non-physical channels—ones that interact directly with the minds of observers.

Similarly, astrobiology needs to evolve beyond the study of microbial life or DNA-based organisms. The future lies in investigating life as pattern, intention, vibration, and field coherence. The essence of intelligence may reside not in carbon or silicon, but in vibrational geometry and consciousness fields.

The Kardashev model was a brilliant attempt to classify civilizations, but it remains incomplete unless we consider not just how much energy is consumed, but how it is directed, how perception is structured, and how consciousness evolves.

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A New Model: The Kardashev–Nikafrooz Continuum

Building upon Kardashev’s framework and integrating empirical interdimensional evidence, I propose a new continuum of civilization classification—based not solely on energy, but also on dimensional engagement and perceptual intelligence.

In this model:
• Type 0 civilizations use primitive fuels and technologies.
• Type I civilizations harness the full potential of their planet.
• Type II civilizations tap directly into their star’s energy.
• Type III civilizations master galactic-scale systems.
• Type IV civilizations manipulate the energies of the entire universe.
• Type V civilizations reach into parallel universes and higher realities.
• Type VI civilizations operate across interdimensional landscapes, controlling not just energy but consciousness, information, and existential resonance.

Such a scale reflects a more complete spectrum of intelligence, incorporating not only physical and technological capacities but also vibrational, cognitive, and ontological mastery.

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Conclusion: Toward a New Cosmological Paradigm

The Kardashev Scale was revolutionary in its time—but today, it must evolve. Humanity stands on the edge of a new era, not one defined solely by technological progress, but by the revelation of unseen realities. Interdimensional contact is no longer a distant myth—it is an empirical frontier, already underway.

To navigate this frontier, science must embrace a broader paradigm: one where energy, awareness, and intention are seen as co-equal forces. We must accept that civilizational progress may not be a straight path through machines and megastructures, but a journey into conscious resonance with the universe itself.

As someone who has witnessed and documented these realities firsthand, I believe the future of cosmology, astrobiology, and consciousness research lies in bridging science with perception, and grounding cosmic exploration in human awareness. Only then can we understand not just the civilizations that exist—but what they have been waiting for us to become.

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About the Author

Amir Nikafrooz is an independent field researcher, author, and the founder of the International Institute for Intelligent Civilizations Studies (IIICS). His work is based on a unique and unprecedented photographic archive of extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and hyperintelligent beings, captured through unaided vision in natural conditions. He is the first researcher to classify and systematically document such phenomena on record.

His research will be presented at the upcoming Science of Consciousness Conference (TSC 2025) in Barcelona, marking the first global introduction of his interdimensional intelligence theory.