History

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The institute was founded in 1990 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder.[1][2]

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Organization

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Center for Science and Culture

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Biologic Institute

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Programs

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Political and cultural campaigns have included:

Intelligent design and Teach the Controversy

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Cascadia Center

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Technology and Democracy Project

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The Real Russia Project

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C. S. Lewis & Public Life

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Controversy

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Religious agenda

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Creation science and intelligent design

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Peer-reviewed publications

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Misrepresentation of agenda

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John Templeton Foundation

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Kitzmiller findings of fact

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Funding

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References

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  1. ^ "Discovery Institute: A Brief History" (PDF). Center for Science and Culture. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Wilgoren, Jodi (August 21, 2005). "Politicized Scholars Put Evolution on the Defensive". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Intelligent Design: Creationism's Trojan Horse - A Conversation With Barbara Forrest". Church & State (Unabridged interview). Washington, D.C.: Americans United for Separation of Church and State. February 2005. ISSN 2163-3746. Retrieved May 27, 2014. Patricia O'Connell Killen, a religion professor at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma whose work centers around the regional religious identity of the Pacific Northwest, recently wrote that 'religiously inspired think tanks such as the conservative evangelical Discovery Institute' are part of the 'religious landscape' of that area.
  4. ^ Jones, Thomas (November 1, 2001). "Short Cuts". London Review of Books. 23 (21): 22. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved June 24, 2010. The Discovery Institute is a conservative Christian think-tank – although some of its fellows are quick to deny they are either of those things...
  5. ^ Boudry, Maarten; Blancke, Stefaan; Braeckman, Johan (December 2010). "Irreducible Incoherence and Intelligent Design: A Look into the Conceptual Toolbox of a Pseudoscience" (PDF). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 85 (4). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press: 473–482. doi:10.1086/656904. hdl:1854/LU-952482. PMID 21243965. Article available from Universiteit Gent
  6. ^ Forrest, Barbara; Branch, Glenn (January–February 2005). "Wedging Creationism into the Academy". Academe. 91 (1). Washington, D.C.: American Association of University Professors: 36–41. doi:10.2307/40252735. ISSN 0190-2946. Archived from the original on July 29, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2007.
  7. ^ Forrest 2001, "The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic Mainstream"
  8. ^ Gishlick, Alan; Matzke, Nick; Elsberry, Wesley R. (September 12, 2004). "Meyer's Hopeless Monster". Talk Reason. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  9. ^ McDonald, R. Robin; Bluestein, Greg (November 12, 2004). "Scientists Defend School Board's Use of Evolution Disclaimer Sticker". Fulton County Daily Report. New York: ALM Media Properties, LLC. Retrieved May 5, 2014. Calling evolution "a theory in crisis," more than two-dozen scientists signed an amicus brief by written by Seth L. Cooper of the Discovery Institute and George M. Weaver and Kevin T. McMurry of Hollberg & Weaver.
  10. ^ Chapman, Bruce (September 21, 2003). "How Should Schools Teach Evolution?". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, TX: A. H. Belo. Retrieved May 5, 2014. Darwinism is a theory in crisis. — Bruce Chapman, Discovery Institute co-founder
  11. ^ West, John G. (August 8, 2003). "Institute Supports Accurate Science". San Angelo Standard-Times. Cincinnati, OH. Retrieved May 5, 2014. Such closed-minded dogmatism is the opposite of good science, and it shouldn't be allowed to dictate what Texas students learn about biology. — John G. West, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow
  12. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Disclaimer, p. 49. "In summary, the disclaimer singles out the theory of evolution for special treatment, misrepresents its status in the scientific community, causes students to doubt its validity without scientific justification, presents students with a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory, directs them to consult a creationist text as though it were a science resource, and instructs students to forego scientific inquiry in the public school classroom and instead to seek out religious instruction elsewhere."
  13. ^ Witt, Jonathan (March 2006). "Nature's Book Shelved". Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity. 19 (2). Chicago, IL: Fellowship of St. James. ISSN 0897-327X. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  14. ^ Biever, Celeste (December 15, 2006). "Intelligent design: The God Lab". New Scientist (2582). London: 8–11. ISSN 0262-4079. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  15. ^ Chapman, Bruce (October 2, 2006). "The State of Scientific Research on Intelligent Design". Evolution News & Views. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  16. ^ Myers, PZ (February 15, 2007). "Happy Intelligent Design Day!". Pharyngula (Blog). ScienceBlogs LLC. Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Schönborn, Christoph (July 7, 2005). "Finding Design in Nature". The New York Times (op-ed). Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  18. ^ Dean, Cornelia; Goodstein, Laurie (July 9, 2005). "Leading Cardinal Redefines Church's View on Evolution". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  19. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Curriculum, Conclusion, p. 136.
  20. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Whether ID Is Science, p. 89. "ID's backers have sought to avoid the scientific scrutiny which we have now determined that it cannot withstand by advocating that the controversy, but not ID itself, should be taught in science class. This tactic is at best disingenuous, and at worst a canard."
  21. ^ Annas, George J. (May 25, 2006). "Intelligent Judging — Evolution in the Classroom and the Courtroom". The New England Journal of Medicine. 354 (21). Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society: 2277–2281. doi:10.1056/NEJMlim055660. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 16723620. Retrieved May 5, 2014. That this controversy is one largely manufactured by the proponents of creationism and intelligent design may not matter, and as long as the controversy is taught in classes on current affairs, politics, or religion, and not in science classes, neither scientists nor citizens should be concerned.
  22. ^ "Statement on the Teaching of Evolution" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science. February 16, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2014. Some bills seek to discredit evolution by emphasizing so-called 'flaws' in the theory of evolution or 'disagreements' within the scientific community. Others insist that teachers have absolute freedom within their classrooms and cannot be disciplined for teaching non-scientific 'alternatives' to evolution. A number of bills require that students be taught to 'critically analyze' evolution or to understand 'the controversy.' But there is no significant controversy within the scientific community about the validity of the theory of evolution. The current controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution is not a scientific one.
  23. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Curriculum, Conclusion, p. 131.
  24. ^ Luskin, Casey (September 8, 2006). "Response to Barbara Forrest's Kitzmiller Account Part IV: The 'Wedge Document'". Evolution News & Views. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  25. ^ "The Wedge" (PDF). Seattle, WA: Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture. 1999. Retrieved May 5, 2014. ...If we view the predominant materialistic science as a giant tree, our strategy is intended to function as a 'wedge' that, while relatively small, can split the trunk when applied at its weakest points. ... Design theory promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.
    • "The 'Wedge Document': 'So What?'" (PDF). Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. 2003. Retrieved May 5, 2014. The Institute's response to the leaking of the Wedge strategy raises the same objection to the materialistic worldview: "We think the materialist world-view that has dominated Western intellectual life since the 19th century is false and we want to refute it. We further want to reverse the influence of such materialistic thinking on our culture."
  26. ^ Tapper, Jake (February 22, 2007). "McCain Speech Tied to Intelligent Design Group Draws Fire". ABC News. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
  27. ^ "About the Cascadia Center". The Cascadia Center. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  28. ^ Pryne, Eric (October 30, 2003). "Transportation package: What will voters support?". The Seattle Times. Seattle, WA. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  29. ^ Murakami, Kery (June 30, 2003). "Private firms seek support to run ferries". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. New York. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  30. ^ "U.S. Senators and Congressmen to Address Homeland Security, Alternative Energy at Cascadia Conference" (Press release). Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. May 24, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  31. ^ Manjoo, Farhad (August 26, 2005). "Intelligent donation?". Salon. San Francisco, CA. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  32. ^ "disco-tech". Technology & Democracy Project (Blog). Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  33. ^ "Real Russia Project". Real Russia Project. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  34. ^ "Past Event: How Do Western Stereotypes Harm U.S.-Russia Relations?". Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. October 11, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  35. ^ "The Lewis Legacy Online". The Lewis Legacy Online. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  36. ^ "C.S. Lewis Writings in the Public Domain". The Lewis Legacy Online. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  37. ^ Benen, Steve (May 2002). "The Discovery Institute". Church & State. Washington, D.C.: Americans United for Separation of Church and State. ISSN 2163-3746. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  38. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Context, p. 29.
  39. ^ "The Wedge" (PDF). Seattle, WA: Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture. 1999. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  40. ^ Kruglinski, Susan (December 22, 2005). "Intelligent Decision". Discover. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISSN 0274-7529. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  41. ^ Elsberry, Wesley R. "Beyond the 'Wedge': Intelligent Design, Science, and Culture" (Microsoft PowerPoint). Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  42. ^ Kippley-Ogman, Emma. "Judaism & Intelligent Design". New York: MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2010. But there are also Jewish voices in the intelligent design camp. David Klinghoffer, a Discovery Institute fellow, is an ardent advocate of intelligent design. In an article in The Forward (August 12, 2005), he claimed that Jewish thinkers have largely ignored intelligent design and contended that Jews, along with Christians, should adopt the theory because beliefs in God and in natural selection are fundamentally opposed. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  43. ^ Phy-Olsen 2010, p. 73: "Possibly the most intriguing personality associated with the Discovery Institute is senior fellow David Berlinkski. He is not a Christian and sometimes even identifies himself as 'a Jewish agnostic.' In an interview, he has admitted: 'I have no religious convictions and no religious beliefs. What I do believe is that theology is no more an impossible achievement than mathematics.'"
  44. ^ Shapiro, Nina (April 18, 2001). "The New Creationists". Seattle Weekly. Phoenix, AZ: Village Voice Media. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  45. ^ Scigliano, Eric (March 2006). "The Evolution of Bruce Chapman". Seattle Metropolitan. Seattle, WA: SagaCity Media Inc. ISSN 1931-2792.
  46. ^ Blumenthal, Max (January 6, 2004). "Avenging angel of the religious right". Salon. San Francisco, CA. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  47. ^ Flack, Lenny (2006). "The Birth of Intelligent Design Theory". Creation 'Science' Debunked. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  48. ^ Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 04 cv 2688 (December 20, 2005). Context, p. 31–33.
  49. ^ Davis & Kenyon 1993 (1st (1989) & 2nd ed); Dembski & Wells 2008 (3rd ed, under the title The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Intelligence in Biological Systems)
  50. ^ "Cdesign Proponentsists". National Center for Science Education (Blog). Berkeley, CA: National Center for Science Education. September 25, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
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  52. ^ "Peer-Reviewed & Peer-Edited Scientific Publications Supporting the Theory of Intelligent Design (Annotated)". Center for Science and Culture. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. February 1, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  53. ^ Isaak, Mark (ed.). "CI001.4: Intelligent Design and peer review". TalkOrigins Archive. Houston, TX: The TalkOrigins Foundation, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
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