I'm referring thinking in this context as "thinking for yourself" and the ability to distinguish lies from truths and being able to accept some as undetermined.

I'm referring thinking in this context as "thinking for yourself" and the ability to distinguish lies from truths and being able to accept some as undetermined. And flexibility as having gone through the "thinking" phase and arriving at a conclusion and opinion, the ability to defend, bend or uproot the previous conclusion or opinion as supported by newer evidence and experience. Then there's people who pretend to be one but are another, some who don't know who they are, some who are splendid pragmatists in some areas and astute dogmatists in others. And then you come across some weathernerves who've done much better for themselves simply by following , some dogmatists who've done well for themselves by leading the skeptics. While the pragmatists, sit around gathering and categorizing others and themselves, and some others commenting on such comments, thinking they've finally; finally figured it out. Oh! The variety. Such is life...