From the latest ‘The Brights’ Bulletin’ (October 31, 2005, Issue #30):

Stephen Pinker, author of “The Blank Slate,” recently spoke on his book at the University of California at Davis. Going to hear the presentation, we (Paul and Mynga) took along our copy in hopes of getting a signature.
When tendering the book after the talk, we accompanied it with one of the Brights’ mini-fliers (available for downloading at the website). Glancing at that, Dr. Pinker straight away said aloud with all around, “Oh, I am a Bright.” An invitation to be pictured as such on the website followed immediately and drew an instant, “Certainly.” Consequently, Dr. Pinker has joined the array of luminaries who are Enthusiastic Brights.

For those not familiar with The Brights’ Movement, its three major aims are:

Visit The Brights’ wesite, or read this marvelous article by Richard Dawkins: ‘The future looks bright‘ (The Guardian, Saturday June 21, 2003).

Don’t let the dark side put you down.