The Center for Science and Culture
This article, published by the Los Angeles Times, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John G. West: Gunn’s satisfaction was echoed by John West, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, a Seattle group that supports the concept of intelligent design. The rest of the article can be found here.
In his decision in the Dover intelligent design case, Judge Jones places great weight on the early intelligent design textbook Of Pandas and People published by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics (FTE). According to Judge Jones, early drafts of this textbook supposedly show that intelligent design is merely repackaged creationism. However, Judge Jones seriously misrepresents the facts about Of Pandas and People, Read More ›
It’s becoming glaringly apparent that Judge Jones was incredibly sloppy with the purported findings of “facts” in his lengthy 139-page judicial opinion. Time and again, Judge Jones makes assertions in his opinion that are unambiguously factually wrong – even though the correct information was a part of the official record before him. It is beginning to look like he didn’t Read More ›
Editor’s Note: The following is an audio transcript of a lecture based on Pamela R. Winnick’s book that occurred in Discovery Institute’s DC Offices on December 13, 2005
Click here for more information on the Cobb County School District v. Selman federal case. SEATTLE — A federal appeals court should overrule a lower court decision restricting the information a school district can provide students about evolution, say experts with the Discovery Institute, the nation’s leading research organization that favors teaching students the full range of scientific views relating Read More ›
Occasionally a social issue becomes so ubiquitous that almost everyone wants to talk about it — even well-meaning but uninformed pundits. For example, Charles Krauthammer preaches that religious conservatives should stop being so darn, well, religious, and should accept his whitewashed version of religion-friendly Darwinism.1 George Will prophesies that disagreements over Darwin could destroy the future of conservatism.2 Both agree Read More ›
Original Article The debate concerning intelligent design and evolution has revealed some confusion about the concept of religious faith. What constitutes religious faith? Traditionally, religious faith refers to a belief in a particular revelation, a specially delivered message, something we couldn’t figure out by reason alone. Thus, the Jewish people have faith in the revelation they believe was given to Read More ›
Intelligent design is a scientific theory which states that some aspects of nature are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected cause such as natural selection. Design theorists argue that we can find biological structures with the same informational properties we commonly find in objects we know were designed. Design theorists observe that intelligent action produces large Read More ›
Editorial Note: This Letter Appeared in the December 10, 2005 edition of the New York Times To the Editor: Contrary to “Intelligent Design Might Be Meeting Its Maker” (Week in Review, Dec. 4), more scientists than ever support intelligent design and criticize Darwinism. A recent European conference on intelligent design – held in Prague and ignored by The Times – Read More ›
For Immediate Release, Dec. 7, 2005 “There is a disturbing trend of scientists, teachers, and students coming under attack for expressing support in the theory of intelligent design, or even just questioning evolution,” said Robert Crowther director of communications for Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. “The freedom of scientists, teachers, and students to question Darwin’s theory, or to Read More ›