Discovery Institute
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Not to be confused with National Institute for Discovery Science nor Discovery Institute, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Marlboro, New Jersey.
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.
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Abbreviation | DI |
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Founded | 1991 (33 years ago) (1991) |
Founders | Bruce Chapman and George Gilder |
Type | Nonprofit |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | science and philosophy think tank |
Headquarters | 208 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington 98104-1508 |
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President | Steven J. Buri[lower-alpha 1] |
Chairman | Bruce Kerry Chapman[lower-alpha 2] |
Parent organization | Hudson Institute |
Revenue (2019) | $7,637,803[1] |
Expenses (2019) | $6,865,358[1] |
Website | www |
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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]