Great time at the "Brights" Meetup in Bellevue tonight!

I go to a Meetup of "Brights." What are Brights? It's an international movement with the following characteristics:

* A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview
* A bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements
* The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview

There's no way to "join" the Brights, but you can "register" as a Bright (just for the number's sake) at the website:

The Brights

Anyway, I had a great time tonight. Geoff, an experimental psychologist on contract to Microsoft, is the discussion leader, and he's great. We started off going around the room talking about our plans for the new year (2011), and it's amazing how many of us are in precarious financial positions. Nobody is very positive about the long-term prospects for the economy, unfortunately. We then segued into an interesting discussion of politics and corporate corruption. Our political affiliations vary within the group, but we all agree on the basics. I'm going to stay in this group and keep attending the first Monday of every month. This may be the fifth or so meeting I've been to.