I'm a visual thinker really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics all of the weather statistics.
A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things but not as conservative.