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# Brights

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The brights group was started by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell to make a name that sounds good for people who have views on life based on nature (naturalistic worldviews). They did not like that names like "atheist" and "non-believer" made their views on life sound like bad reactions to religion.

Paul Geisert chose the word "bright." Mynga Futrell says a bright is a person who has views on life that are free of more-than-natural ideas. She says these persons' morals come from their views on life.

### [edit] Well-known brights

- Richard Dawkins
- Daniel Dennett
- Penn Jillette and Teller
- James Randi
- Richard Roberts
- Michael Shermer

### [edit] Criticism

Some people, both religious and non-religious, have problems using the word "bright" this way, because it suggests that people with views on life based on nature are smarter than those with different views.

## [edit] External links

- The Brights' Net – The originating hub of the Brights' Constituency
- Brights' Movement Forums
- Brights Online – a brights' activist website
- Who Are The Brights? – by the co-founders of the Brights' Net
- The Bright Stuff – Daniel Dennett in the New York Times, 12 July 12 2003
- A Bright New World – Erik Strand in Psychology Today, Jan/Feb 2004
- Not Too "Bright" - a critical review of the term 'bright' by Chris Mooney for CSICOP

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