Thinker

Thinker is one of the twelve power classifications created by the PRT still in modern day use. Thinkers have powers related to knowledge, skills and enhanced perception. Thinker powers do not necessarily make an individual smarter, although increased intelligence is considered a Thinker power.

Methodology
Thinkers might use their abilities to gather or receive information, such as various types of clairvoyants including post-cogs, pre-cogs, peri-cogs and more. Alternatively, they are able to process the world around them in a specific way.

A Thinkers powers might manifest in variety of different ways, but are currently sorted into seven distinct types:

Trigger events
Trigger events usually produce Thinkers when the parahuman experiences large amounts of emotional and mental strain while a crisis point is reached in a short period of time. This contrasts with Tinkers, where issues remain unresolved over a large amount of time before they culminate in a crisis moment. Crushing revelations, moments of mental or emotional anguish, great fear, anger, and self-loathing are frequent causes of Thinker triggers.

Common combinations with other ratings
Thinker is an extremely common secondary classification, often in support of other powers, as such, Thinker is not truly tied to any other classification.

Use by the PRT
The PRT employs a large amount of Thinkers in their operations. They are used to vet applicants, but were also used to screen individuals during the outtake process for the Madison Quarantine Zone. Watchdog, a PRT-subgroup focused primarily on preventing economic and political disruption by parahumans, employs think-tanks of Thinkers, using them to sift through large amounts of information.

PRT countermeasures
In direct engagements, the PRT-teams often targets Thinkers first, considering them the highest priority when all numbers are assumed to be equal.

Trivia

 * It's not uncommon for the use of Thinker powers to cause migraines.
 * Precognitive abilities often interfere with each other.