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^{The Center for Science and Culture
March 29, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

The Darwinian Roots of the Devaluation of Life

_{The Center for Science and Culture
March 29, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Ideas have consequences, and Charles Darwin’s idea that life developed through an unguided material process has had momentous consequences for both human thought and public policy. In this talk, award-winning author and filmmaker John G. West will discuss how Darwinian biology played a pivotal role in the development of eugenics, scientific racism, abortion, and other anti-life practices during the past century-and-a-half. He Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
January 15, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Darwin Devolves: The Failure of Chance

_{The Center for Science and Culture
January 15, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Given enough time, can bacteria mutate into insects by chance? Can random mutations account for the existence of butterflies and whales and platypuses? What about the origin of the universe or the origin of man's ability to reason? Come and hear scientists and scholars discuss the limitations of chance and the abundant testimonies to design, as they come to realization from physics to proteins. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
February 22, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Intelligent Design Education Day – Seattle

_{The Center for Science and Culture
February 22, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Now offered for the fourth year in a row in Seattle, WA, we invite you and your students to our Intelligent Design Education Day, hosted by Discovery Institute on Wednesday, March 20. This is a special opportunity for private school teachers, home educators, and parents to bring students on a day-long field trip event to learn more about intelligent design and interact with leading scientists and scholars in the ID movement. At the end of each session, students will be given a chance to ask questions of the speakers. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo and Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 11, 2018
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Homelessness in Seattle

_{Christopher Rufo and Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 11, 2018
Discovery Institute, Economics}

People in Seattle are well aware of the magnitude of the homeless problem. City leaders insist that more funding is needed to tackle this issue, but is money really the barrier to progress? Documentary filmmaker Christopher Rufo has conducted extensive research on the issues of poverty and homelessness in Seattle and around the country. Rather than just throwing money at Read More ›