There are a lor of smart folk here indeed, and often enough ideas are exchanged, various subjects are thoroughly discussed, but the majority of the content here is presentation of opinion, bitching about religion and humor. It is not a think tank in the proper sense of the word, but rather a very normal online community, with a lot of smart people.
There are certain members who I can think of who bring a lot of intellectual finesse here, or who like to explore different subjects but this never seemed to me to be the primary reason for Fluther’s existence. At least not in the time that I have been here.
Mind, this is not criticism or whining about the place. If I’m not happy I’ll fuck off, as I’ve done so before. But mostly I appreciate the site, just chilling around, don’t always feel like reading essays and big complicated stuff when I come back from work and come on here.