The time has come for us Brights to come out of the closet. (Daniel Dennett)

This article is about five years old, and boy, am I glad that the terminology "Bright" hasn't caught on. I'd be way too embarrassed to go around trying to tell people I was a "bright" -- it just sounds weird and creepy.

Yeah, that was my initial reaction too. I've thought about it and I do like the idea of stealing the word "Bright" just as homosexuals have stolen the word "gay". Both are generally positive words that originally had nothing to do with the new meaning given to them. My current stance is that I'd like to unabashedly call myself a Bright to convey that I don't believe in fairies and gods, but it's unfortunate that the current social and political climate doesn't allow it.

Daniel Dennett has proposed a similarly positive word for people with supernatural beliefs: "Supers"

Thanks, but no thanks. "Atheist" works just fine for me.

Come on -- this is Hacker News, not reddit.