thinker

He linked conservation with the nurturing of new generations of thinkers and naturalists and regarded outdoors education as a crucial strategy.

It's commonly used by those on the right online who believe they have special access to reality and that people with liberal, centrist or establishment views are uncritical thinkers.

“He is very sure of himself, which is what comes with experience and his stuff and pitch mix,” said Roberts, who has described Snell as a “next-level thinker” from their early conversations in camp.

I’d rather be aligned with qualified people and thinkers and scientists.

I should say right away that I was no great proponent of the abolition of zoos or a deep thinker on zoo ethics.