Discovery Institute
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.
Not to be confused with National Institute for Discovery Science nor Discovery Institute, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Marlboro, New Jersey.Abbreviation
DI
1991
91-1521697
science and philosophy think tank
208 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington 98104-1508
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Dallas, Texas, United States
Steven J. Buri[a]
$7,637,803[1]
$6,865,358[1]
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]
