The Brights movement is a social movement that aims to promote public understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview. It was co-founded by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell in 2003. The noun bright was coined by Geisert as a positive-sounding umbrella term, and Futrell defined it as "an individual whose worldview is naturalistic (free from supernatural and mystical elements)". Daniel Dennett has since suggested that people that believe in supernatural should be referred to as 'supers'. This created the basis for a civic constituency to pursue the movement's three major aims: 1. Promote public understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview, which is free of supernatural and mystical elements. 2. Gain public recognition that persons who hold such a worldview can bring principled actions to bear on matters of civic importance. 3. Educate society toward accepting the full and equitable civic participation of all such people. The brights movement has been formed as an Internet constituency of individuals.