1. Introduction. Your marvelous brain not only thinks but can think in a variety of ways. Thinking in evolutionary terms, most have practical roots, but others are new and learned. It is almost wonderous the scope of these modes of thinking, almost as if it was designed for tasks that lay ahead. In this short essay we give brief descriptions of some of our many thinking modes we use to solve problems. The sheer number of thinking modes suggests another point of separation between humans and other animals. For example, most predators think tactically, but how many think strategically? Not all these thinking modes come naturally. Many must be learned, practiced, and then perfected. Various personalities specialize in various types of thinking, which while adequate for some are insufficient to become a great thinker. The greatest of all is the human’s capacity for metacognition, its ability to control thought, or think about thinking. After this discussio...
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