Discovery Institute information

Discovery Institute
Abbreviation	DI
Founded	1991 (33 years ago)
Founders	Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	91-1521697
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Purpose	science and philosophy think tank
Headquarters	208 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington 98104-1508
Location	Seattle, Washington, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States;
President	Steven J. Buri
Chairman	Bruce Kerry Chapman
Parent organization	Hudson Institute
Revenue (2019)	$7,637,803
Expenses (2019)	$6,865,358
Website	www.discovery.org

The Discovery Institute (DI) is a politically conservative^[2]^[3]^[4] think tank that advocates the pseudoscientific concept^[5]^[6]^[7] of intelligent design (ID). It was founded in 1991^[8] in Seattle as a non-profit offshoot of the Hudson Institute.

Its "Teach the Controversy" campaign aims to permit the teaching of anti-evolution, intelligent-design beliefs in United States public high school science courses in place of accepted scientific theories, positing that a scientific controversy exists over these subjects when in fact there is none.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^{[excessive citations]}

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^ ^a ^b "Charity Navigator Rating - Discovery Institute". Charity Navigator. Glen Rock, NJ: Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
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^ "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. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
^ Jones, Thomas (November 1, 2001). "Short Cuts". London Review of Books. 23 (21): 22. ISSN 0260-9592. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
^ 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. S2CID 27218269. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Article available from Universiteit Gent Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Pigliucci, Massimo (2010). "Science in the Courtroom: The Case against Intelligent Design" (PDF). Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 160–186. ISBN 978-0-226-66786-7. LCCN 2009049778. OCLC 457149439. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
^ Perakh, Mark; Young, Matt (2004). "13. Is Intelligent Design Science?". In Young, Matt; Edis, Taner (eds.). Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism. Rutgers University Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-8135-3433-X. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
^ "What we do". Discovery Institute. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
^ Forrest, Barbara (May 2007). "Understanding the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals" (PDF). Center for Inquiry. Washington, D.C.: Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
^ "Small Group Wields Major Influence in Intelligent Design Debate". World News Tonight. New York: American Broadcasting Company. November 9, 2005. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
^ Mooney, Chris (December 2002). "Survival of the Slickest". The American Prospect. 13 (22). Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
^ Dembski, William A. (2001). "Teaching Intelligent Design: What Happened When?". Access Research Network. Colorado Springs, CO. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

[charitynavigator.org-3] "Charity Navigator Rating - Discovery Institute". Charity Navigator. Glen Rock, NJ: Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2015.

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[5] "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. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.

[lrb-6] Jones, Thomas (November 1, 2001). "Short Cuts". London Review of Books. 23 (21): 22. ISSN 0260-9592. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2010.

[Boudry_2010-7] 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. S2CID 27218269. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Article available from Universiteit Gent Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[8] Pigliucci, Massimo (2010). "Science in the Courtroom: The Case against Intelligent Design" (PDF). Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 160–186. ISBN 978-0-226-66786-7. LCCN 2009049778. OCLC 457149439. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.

[9] Perakh, Mark; Young, Matt (2004). "13. Is Intelligent Design Science?". In Young, Matt; Edis, Taner (eds.). Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism. Rutgers University Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-8135-3433-X. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

[di_about-10] "What we do". Discovery Institute. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.

[ForrestMay2007Paper-11] Forrest, Barbara (May 2007). "Understanding the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals" (PDF). Center for Inquiry. Washington, D.C.: Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2007.

[abc_wnt-12] "Small Group Wields Major Influence in Intelligent Design Debate". World News Tonight. New York: American Broadcasting Company. November 9, 2005. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.

[Mooney_2002-13] Mooney, Chris (December 2002). "Survival of the Slickest". The American Prospect. 13 (22). Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2008.

[teachingID-14] Dembski, William A. (2001). "Teaching Intelligent Design: What Happened When?". Access Research Network. Colorado Springs, CO. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

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Abbreviation	DI
Founded	1991 (33 years ago) (1991)
Founders	Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	91-1521697
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Purpose	science and philosophy think tank
Headquarters	208 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington 98104-1508
Location	Seattle, Washington, United States Dallas, Texas, United States
President	Steven J. Buri^[a]
Chairman	Bruce Kerry Chapman^[b]
Parent organization	Hudson Institute
Revenue (2019)	$7,637,803^[1]
Expenses (2019)	$6,865,358^[1]
Website	www.discovery.org

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