Basic question on Dread level week 8 Social life section 4 Hobbies

My situation is very specific to my "hobby" but many of you guys may be able to relate. I have always had a hard time finding a group of guys that I would call "my people". I have had many friends through out the years, made some life long friends and I have been a part of many guys groups. I live deep in the Bible Belt and most people are very religious. I also grew up religious but mine started out as a love of truth and so it naturally grew out of common church beliefs. In college I met and remained friends with people of different professions like financial/wealth managers, software engineers, doctors. Even though they're educated they kept Sunday school beliefs like Noah had every species on the planet in a boat. I started listening to the likes of Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson. I consider myself a blend of those two individuals. Not exactly an atheist but definitely not evangelical. Overall I would describe my philosophy as a scientist.

Maybe it's an odd hobby and that's my problem but I enjoy listening to physics podcasts by Brian Green or Sean Carroll. They often sell out shows and have millions of YouTube views so it's not exactly a small niche. I also enjoy listening to pretty much all of Joe Rogan's shows. His show is a great source to find new people to follow. And that's really a good description of what I enjoy doing. I follow people and listen to all of their talks until I fully understand their worldview. It's intellectually stimulating. The problem is, it's very difficult to find people in real life that's intellectually stimulating themselves. Not that everyone needs to be a physicist but they should be open minded enough to carry on a conversation about something new. Instead it appears everyone wants to be surrounded by people who are exactly the same, share the same beliefs and think the same way. And people get offended by anything that is different or new. It may be where I live. A deeply conservative and religious part of the US.

Ideally I would like to have a group of guys who can wear worldviews like people wear clothes.

My question is where could I even find a group like that? Is that even possible or am I being unreasonable in wanting that? My question is probably like someone asking how they can find a group of guys that all like dirt bike racing. I don't care for it but a friend of mine loves dirt bikes. He goes to road shows. Clearly a lot of people like dirt bikes because they fill a stadium. But to actually find a group of guys who all like dirt bikes is probably rare. But I guess the reason I feel like I have a big part of my life missing is because this is my religion. And there are no science churches. There's no family of people who love truth and embrace life for what it is. Instead everyone seems like brainwashed individuals with thin skin and no depth of soul.