Kardashev's classes of civilizations are spread across type 0 to type III. Types IV and V have been added in recent years and ambiguity has been introduced into their definitions. In this thread I wish to stick with definitions constrained to hadronic matter and levels of organization within the observable universe. I.e., let's stay away from definitions involving string theories, brane theories, and hyper-dimensions.

http://home.comcast.net/~mbmcneill7/ includes a method of interstellar travel and the acquiring of the propellant and energy to do so which I believe is the first step in a sequence of gradual improvements that can propel humans to a type V staus within a million years. I won't object to defining a type VI civilization as one capable of black hole management.

Please provide comments---especially those in opposition.

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For those inclined to oppose human meddling with the structure of the universe or the composition and configuration of objects and groups of objects within the universe, consider:
Whether there is a limit to the magnitude of a modulation of chaos below which order remains invariant? Or, is order but a fiction invented by perspectives applied over finite, however large, time intervals?