For anyone else who worries about encountering disingenuous and duplicitous people in intellectual circles, remember that intellectuals don’t require religious adherence to their way of thinking. You can tell the difference between passionate intellectuals versus sociopaths by noticing how they treat you if you disagree with them. Sociopaths, or some mentally-ill people, will seek to dominate you, and don’t care about your personhood or individuality, or your right to disagree.