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DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 3:23:10 pm PDT #3817 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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]

Nutty - Jun 19, 2007 3:25:10 pm PDT #3818 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

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.

DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 3:26:04 pm PDT #3819 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

At the time, I recall being irritated with needing a marketing message.

How can we package you without proper branding, Nutty?

billytea - Jun 19, 2007 3:27:46 pm PDT #3820 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

How can we package you without proper branding, Nutty?

Just add the disclaimer. "Warning: may contain Nutty."

DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 3:28:10 pm PDT #3821 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Nutty's Logo

Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 3:50:42 pm PDT #3822 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

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.

tommyrot - Jun 19, 2007 3:56:58 pm PDT #3823 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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

Emily - Jun 19, 2007 4:10:58 pm PDT #3824 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

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.

§ ita § - Jun 19, 2007 4:21:42 pm PDT #3825 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.

Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2007 4:24:33 pm PDT #3826 of 10001
brillig

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!"

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