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The author is trying to define a Gravity Defying Thinker. These are people who aren't limited by the "gravity" of preconceived notions and "that's how we do it." The first major descriptor of such people is "renaissance tendencies." They read about, actively study and actively experience a broad variety of things. The broad range of knowledge is less likely to be burdened with "this is how it's done."