I think movements grow at their margins. It is there that we can make the greatest impact. So perhaps we should focus on recent converts to rationality. Figure out how they converted, what factors were involved, how the transition could have been easier, taking into account their personality etc.

This is what I have been trying to do with the people I introduce rationality to and who are somewhat receptive. It is not only a victory that they began to accept rationality. It was also an opportunity to observe how best to foster more of such conversions.

It is somewhat worrying that these people tend to be geeks/nerds. But given the nature of rationality itself and personality, this shouldn't be too surprising. The success of geek/nerd culture in recent mainstream pop culture is a cause for hope I think, even though some geeks/nerds will argue their culture have been distorted in the process. What matters is that the public are now not averse to geeks/nerds. Such aversion is often the first and strongest impediment to begin even considering topics such as rationality.

It ultimately comes down to social acceptance. We must leverage the phenomenon by focusing on the fringes of the rationality demographic. They have the most power to effect peer pressure to convert further rationalists.