There is a large contingent for present day real scientists who believe in some form of atheist materialism and whose beliefs have been carefully considered. The problem is that most coherent atheist screeds are focused on defeating some specific idea of God or are angry about the historical activities of organized religions - rather than say, from first principles making a good case for the impossibility of any concept of God, which would be more like what we are after. And I've been trying to do something about that, but it's hard. Which is that I don't think we have enough smart representation of materialist atheists, physicalists, anything in that neighborhood of ideas. And this is where I first heard about Demon-Haunted World and Sagan: If you dig deep enough into this game you might discover an area containing audio logs were the creators of the island talk about the purpose of the island and discuss the choice of content for the other, easier to find, audio logs. Scattered around the island you'll find audio logs containing quotes on science and religions from around the world and across time, and these sometimes gives you abstract hints on how to solve the puzzles. In The Witness, you explore an unreal and mysterious island, solving maze puzzles that gets more and more complex as you go along. I was made aware of its existence in a rather unconventional way: through a video game called The Witness. This is a wonderful, important and scary book that has not aged much at all.

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