Who knew about the Brights movement?
Do our local atheists need "a positive-sounding umbrella term, bright, to describe various types of people who have a naturalistic worldview, without casting that worldview as a negative response to religion"?
This sounds like Jen to me:
Co-founder of the Brights' Net Paul Geisert coined the term, and Mynga Futrell defined a bright to be "a person whose worldview is naturalistic—free of supernatural and mystical elements. A bright's ethics and actions are based on a naturalistic worldview."[2]
Not that Jen needs any particular labels. Oh, and some people object to the name:
For example, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry published an article by Chris Mooney titled Not Too "Bright" in which he stated that, although he agreed with the movement, Richard Dawkins' and Daniel Dennett's "campaign to rename religious unbelievers 'brights' could use some rethinking" because of the possibility that the term would be misinterpreted.[8] The journalist and noted atheist Christopher Hitchens likewise found it a "cringe-making proposal that atheists should conceitedly nominate themselves to be called 'brights.'"[9]
We talked over the brights, a couple of summers ago when one of them did a piece for the NYT op-eds. At the time, I recall being irritated with needing a marketing message.
At the time, I recall being irritated with needing a marketing message.
How can we package you without proper branding, Nutty?
How can we package you without proper branding, Nutty?
Just add the disclaimer. "Warning: may contain Nutty."
These are all good band names.
I kind of think they'd make better album names, but either way, I like them and agree on principle.
I hate the word 'bright'. It simultaneously sounds new-agey, scifi-ish, and condescending to believers.
eta: Oh, and it makes me think of Lite Bright
I finished my book! Go me!
...do I know what it said? Er, not really. But I'm on my timeline. Tomorrow is reserved for going through my... 40 readers' flags to review important information, make notes, and talk it over with next-door!Teacher. Thursday and Friday I have all-day workshops and the three tests are on Saturday. Oy.
My genographic test kit just came! I just did my first DNA swab.
I'm so dorkily excited. At first I thought the box contains shoes I'd bought, but way small and so much more cool.
I just did my first DNA swab.
Today her own mouth, tomorrow the world. Soon, ita will be stalking the streets, grabbing strangers and saying, "I just want to swab you!"
