Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns are a series of related public relations campaigns conducted by the Discovery Institute which seek to promote intelligent design while discrediting evolutionary biology, which the Institute terms "Darwinism."^[1] The Discovery Institute is the driving force behind the intelligent design movement and the Institute directs these campaigns through its Center for Science and Culture division with guidance its public relations firm, Creative Response Concepts.^[2] // The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807. ... The Discovery Institute is a think tank based in Seattle, Washington best known for its advocacy of intelligent design and its Teach the Controversy campaign to teach creationist beliefs in United States public high school science courses. ... For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles Darwin Darwinism is a term for the underlying theory in those ideas of Charles Darwin concerning evolution and natural selection. ... The intelligent design movement is a neo-creationist religious campaign that calls for broad social, academic and political changes derived from the concept of intelligent design. ... The Center for Science and Culture (CSC), formerly known as the Center for Renewal of Science and Culture (CRSC), is part of the Discovery Institute, a conservative Christian think tank in the United States. ... Creative Response Concepts (CRC) is an American public relations firm best known for helping to devise the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign attacking John Kerry’s Vietnam War record in the 2004 presidential race. ...

Notable campaigns conducted by Institute are Teach the Controversy, Critical Analysis of Evolution, A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity, Free Speech on Evolution, and Stand Up For Science,^[3] with the most recent centered around the new intelligent design textbook, website and slogan "Explore Evolution".^[4] Teach the Controversy is the name of a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign to promote intelligent design creationism while discrediting evolution in United States public high school science courses. ... Critical Analysis of Evolution is the slogan of a strategy and campaign by the same name designed and led by the Discovery Institute, originators of the intelligent design movement and its Teach the Controversy campaign. ... A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism is a list produced by the Discovery Institute to support its claims of scientific validity for intelligent design with signatories to the statement that We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. ... The Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity (PSSI) is a nonprofit anti-evolution organization promoting intelligent design associated with the Discovery Institute, based in Clearwater, Florida. ... Free Speech on Evolution is a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign. ... Stand Up For Science is a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign[1] intended to promote the teaching of intelligent design in public high school science classes while discounting evolution. ... Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism is the name of a biology textbook written by a group of intelligent design supporters and published in 2007. ...

The response of the scientific community has been to reiterate that the theory of evolution is overwhelmingly accepted as a matter of scientific consensus^[5] whereas intelligent design has been rejected by the overwhelming majority of the scientific community. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... Scientific consensus is the collective judgment, position, and opinion of the community of scientists in a particular field of science at a particular time. ...

Goal of the campaigns

See also: Wedge strategy

The over-arching goal of the Institute in conducting the intelligent design campaigns is religious; to replace science with "a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions."^[6] To accomplish this the Institute has conducted a number of public relations campaigns. The governing strategy of these various campaigns is called the Wedge strategy and was first made public when the Institute's "Wedge Document" was leaked on the World Wide Web in 1999. The Discovery Institute argues that science, due to its reliance on naturalism, is an inherently materialistic and atheistic enterprise and thus the source of many of society's ills, and that "Design theory [intelligent design] promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview."^[6] The wedge strategy is a political and social action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, an organization that works to promote a Neo-Creationist religious agenda centering on Intelligent design, and is the hub of the Intelligent design movement. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Theism is the belief in the existence of one or more divinities or deities. ... // The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807. ... The wedge strategy is a political and social action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, an organization that works to promote a Neo-Creationist religious agenda centering on Intelligent design, and is the hub of the Intelligent design movement. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. ... This article is about methodological naturalism. ... In philosophy, materialism is that form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can truly be said to exist is matter; that fundamentally, all things are composed of material and all phenomena are the result of material interactions; that matter is the only substance. ... “Atheist” redirects here. ...

None of the campaigns are aimed at directly influencing the scientific community, which the Institute considers dogmatic and hidebound, but rather are focused on swaying the opinions of the public and public policy makers, which, if effective, it is hoped will respond by forcing the academic institutions supporting the scientific community to accept the Discovery Institute's redefinition of science. Public high school science curricula has been the most common and visible target of the campaigns, with the Institute publishing its own model lesson plan, the Critical Analysis of Evolution. This article is on dogma in religion. ... Critical Analysis of Evolution is the slogan of a strategy and campaign by the same name designed and led by the Discovery Institute, originators of the intelligent design movement and its Teach the Controversy campaign. ...

In a Seattle Weekly article, Nina Shapiro quoted Institute founder and president Bruce Chapman when she wrote that behind all Discovery Institute programs there is an underlying hidden religious agenda: Chapmans portrait as Secretary of State of Washington Bruce K. Chapman (born 1940) is the director and founder of the Discovery Institute, a Christian think tank, with links to the religious right. ...

Yet the Discovery Institute as an organization didn't get involved in the issue in order to solve the mysteries of the universe. Chapman is up front about having a social and political agenda. He sees design intelligence as a way to combat the growing reliance on genetic explanations for human behavior and what he sees as an undermining of personal responsibility. As an example of this phenomena, Chapman cites the infamous "Twinkie defense" used by a murder defendant claiming his sugar high made him do it.

Others associated with the institute take a bigger leap of logic to argue that welfare, as currently dispensed, is a misguided consequence of the Darwinian outlook. "If you see human beings as nothing but matter and motion, than all you do is treat them like mouths to feed," says Jay Richards, program director for the institute's Center for Science and Culture. "If they're more than that, you treat the whole person," he argues, which would mean looking at such things as family structure and the role of moral and religious values in their lives.

Do you really have to attack a whole branch of science in order to counter liberal views on welfare? The Discovery Institute folk think they do. "Unless you get the science right," Chapman says, "it's very hard to contend with the other arguments."

– Nina Shapiro, The New Creationists^[7]

Campaign to "teach the controversy"

See also: Teach the Controversy, Kansas evolution hearings, Critical Analysis of Evolution, and Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism

Previously, attempts to introduce creationism into public high school science curricula had been derailed when this was found to have violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In an attempt to avoid repeating this violation, the Institute today avoids directly advocating for intelligent design in high school curricula. Instead, it advocates teaching methods that introduce intelligent design ideas (and textbooks) indirectly through a campaign to "Teach the Controversy" by "presenting all the evidence, both for and against, evolution" and teaching "Critical Analysis of Evolution" (the name of the Institute's model lesson plans on the subject). The Discovery Institute describes their approach as: Teach the Controversy is the name of a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign to promote intelligent design creationism while discrediting evolution in United States public high school science courses. ... The Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Republican-dominated[1] Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how the origin of life would be taught in the states... Critical Analysis of Evolution is the slogan of a strategy and campaign by the same name designed and led by the Discovery Institute, originators of the intelligent design movement and its Teach the Controversy campaign. ... Creationism is a religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity or deities (often the Abrahamic God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam), whose existence is presupposed. ... The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... “First Amendment” redirects here. ... Teach the Controversy is the name of a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign to promote intelligent design creationism while discrediting evolution in United States public high school science courses. ... Critical Analysis of Evolution is the slogan of a strategy and campaign by the same name designed and led by the Discovery Institute, originators of the intelligent design movement and its Teach the Controversy campaign. ...

As a general approach, Discovery Institute favors teaching students more about evolution, not less. We think students deserve to know not only about the strengths of modern evolutionary theory, but also about some of the theory's weaknesses and unresolved issues. In other words, students should be taught that evolutionary theory, like any scientific theory, continues to be open to analysis and critical scrutiny. According to opinion polls, this approach is favored by the overwhelming majority of the American public, and it has also been endorsed by the U.S. Congress in report language attached to the No Child Left Behind Act Conference Report.^[8] The Santorum Amendment was an amendment to the 2001 education funding bill which became known as the No Child Left Behind Act, proposed by former Republican United States Senator Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania, which promotes the teaching of intelligent design while questioning the academic standing of evolution in U.S...

These teaching methods were promoted by the Institute at the Kansas evolution hearings in 2005, but were the subject of judicial criticism later in that year: The Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Republican-dominated[1] Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how the origin of life would be taught in the states...

In 2007, three Discovery Institute members, Stephen C. Meyer, Scott Minnich and Paul A. Nelson, co-authored Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism, a biology textbook embodying their 'teach the controversy' philosophy, with illustrator and creationist author Jonathan Moneymaker and Kansas evolution hearings participant Ralph Seelke.^[11][12] The book was published by Hill House Publishers Pty. Ltd. (London and Melbourne), headed by creationist and butterfly photographer Bernard d'Abrera. The Discovery Institute is a think tank based in Seattle, Washington best known for its advocacy of intelligent design and its Teach the Controversy campaign to teach creationist beliefs in United States public high school science courses. ... Stephen C. Meyer. ... Scott Minnich is an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Idaho, and a fellow at the Discovery Institutes Center for Science and Culture. ... Paul Nelson Paul A. Nelson PhD (born 1958) is an American young earth creationist and intelligent design advocate. ... Creationism is generally the belief that the universe was created by a deity, or alternatively by one or more powerful and intelligent beings. ... Creationism is generally the belief that the universe was created by a deity, or alternatively by one or more powerful and intelligent beings. ... Bernard dAbrera (born 1940) is a butterfly photographer and a publisher. ...

Campaigns claiming discrimination

See also: Free Speech on Evolution, Sternberg peer review controversy, and Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

A claim common to many of these campaigns is that "scientists, teachers, and students are under attack for questioning evolution" and have been discriminated against,^[13] has resulted in a number of campaigns arising out of the allegations being conducted by the Institute. Notable among these campaigns is the Institute's role in the Sternberg peer review controversy and in the more recent case of Guillermo Gonzalez's denial of tenure. As part of a long term strategy the Institute actively promotes an image of intelligent design proponents suffering professional setbacks or failing to advance as victims of "Darwinist inquisitions" conducted by "Thought Police".^[14] Critics of intelligent design and the Institute such as PZ Myers, Eugenie Scott and Barbara Forrest frequently find themselves the subjects of unflattering articles on the Institute's blog,^[15][13] but the blog largely ignores or downplays the responses of large scientific and academic organizations rejecting intelligent design, preferring instead to portray opponents as members of an academic and scientific fringe and minority. Other methods employed by the Institute include what they term "Public Education"; described as exposing 'bigotry and intolerance' to 'public disapproval' often through the Institute's blog Evolutionnews.org, "Personal Assistance"; described as "providing assistance in locating free legal representation from a network of concerned lawyers across the nation" and "investigations" and lobbying of officials by the Institute, "Legal Defense" and "Grassroots Action".^[16] Free Speech on Evolution is a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign. ... Sternberg peer review controversy arose out of a conflict over whether an article published in a scientific journal that supported of the controversial concept of Intelligent Design was properly peer reviewed. ... Sternberg peer review controversy arose out of a conflict over whether an article published in a scientific journal that supported of the controversial concept of Intelligent Design was properly peer reviewed. ... For other uses, see Guillermo Gonzalez. ... Look up tenure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paul Zachary PZ Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biology professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris and a science blogger via his blog, Pharyngula. ... Eugenie Scott. ... Barbara Carroll Forrest, PhD. is a professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. ...

Other purported instances of discrimination publicised by the Discovery Institute include:

• philosopher Francis J. Beckwith's initial failure to gain tenure from Baylor University;
• biology teacher Roger DeHart's reassignment at, and later resignation from, Burlington-Edison High School for teaching Intelligent Design;
• Mississippi University for Women chemist Nancy Bryson, who was removed as head of the science and mathematics division, purportedly for giving a presentation entitled "Critical Thinking on Evolution", which claimed evidence for intelligent design in nature. After protests, the university decided Bryson could keep the job and insisted her removal had nothing to do with the lecture.^[17][18]

• biologist Caroline Crocker, who was barred by George Mason University from teaching a Cell Biology class over her introduction of intelligent design into it, and whose contract at that university was not renewed;^[19][20]
• The closure of the short-lived Evolutionary Informatics Lab formed by Baylor University engineering professor Robert J. Marks II, which included Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary research professor in philosophy William Dembski as a postdoctoral researcher. The lab was shut down and its website was deleted because Baylor's administration considered that it violated university policy forbidding professors from creating the impression that their personal views represent Baylor as an institution. Baylor however permitted Marks to resume work in the informatics lab on his own time and maintain his website, provided a disclaimer accompany any intelligent design-advancing research makes clear that the work does not represent the university's position.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Court cases (such as Webster v. New Lenox School District and Bishop v. Aronov) have upheld school districts' and universities' right to restrict teaching to a specified curriculum. None of these purported cases of discrimination have been subjected to formal legal or congressional scrutiny. Francis J. Frank Beckwith (1960-) is an American Christian philosopher. ... Look up tenure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ... Burlington-Edison High School (B-EHS) is a public secondary school in Burlington, Washington. ... Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or sipmly the W is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi. ... George Mason University, also known as GMU or simply Mason, is a public university in the United States. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ... Robert Jackson Marks II (born August 25th, 1950) is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. ... Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private, non-profit institution of higher education, associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, whose stated mission is to provide theological education for individuals engaging in Christian ministry. ... William Dembski Dr William Albert Bill Dembski (born July 18, 1960) is an American mathematician, philosopher and theologian known for advocating the controversial idea of intelligent design. ... A postdoctoral appointment (colloquially, a post-doc) is a temporary research position held by a person who has completed his or her doctoral studies. ... Webster v. ... Bishop v. ...

In August 2007, an upcoming movie publicising a number of these incidents was announced. It is entitled Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and stars Ben Stein.^[25] Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born Jabba the Hut) is an Emmy Award-winning lesbian lawyer, law professor, actor, comedian, game show host and former White House speechwriter. ...

Banned books week

See also: Of Pandas and People and Robert J. Marks II

Banned Books Week is an awareness campaign, led annually by the American Library Association, in an attempt to protect freedom of speech by celebrating books that the ALA claims others have banned or attempted to ban from various venues. In 2006, Discovery Institute Fellow John West nominated the book Of Pandas and People, on the basis of it being "at the heart of" Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District‎.^[26] However the decision in Kitzmiller made no order regarding Pandas, rendering the basis for considering it to be "banned" highly tenuous,^[27][28][29] and the assertion was dismissed by Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom who does not consider the book banned.^[30] This ongoing misrepresentation was inflated to the level of falsehood by the Discovery Institute in 2007, with the fallacious statement that: Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins is a controversial 1989 (2nd edition 1993) school-level textbook written by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon and published by the Texas-based Foundation for Thought and Ethics (FTE). ... Robert Jackson Marks II (born August 25th, 1950) is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. ... Banned Books Week is an awareness campaign, led annually by the American Library Association, in an attempt to protect freedom of speech by celebrating books that others have banned or attempted to ban from various venues. ... In biological psychology, awareness describes a human or animals perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. ... Look up Campaign in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ALA Logo The American Library Association (ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. ... This article is about the general concept. ... For other uses, see Book (disambiguation). ... Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins is a controversial 1989 (2nd edition 1993) school-level textbook written by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon and published by the Texas-based Foundation for Thought and Ethics (FTE). ... Tammy Kitzmiller, et al. ... ALA Logo The American Library Association (ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. ...

In 2007, the Discovery Institute nominated Robert J. Marks' 'Evolutionary Informatics Lab' web-site as "Banned Item of the Year", after it was deleted from the Baylor University server.^[32] However the site is still accessible, now being hosted on a third party server. Robert Jackson Marks II (born August 25th, 1950) is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. ...

Petition campaigns

The Discovery Institute has created a number of petitions to give the impression that there are widespread doubts about the Theory of Evolution among scientists and scientifically-literate professionals. These petitions include A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity, and Stand Up For Science. A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism is a list produced by the Discovery Institute to support its claims of scientific validity for intelligent design with signatories to the statement that We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. ... The Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity (PSSI) is a nonprofit anti-evolution organization promoting intelligent design associated with the Discovery Institute, based in Clearwater, Florida. ... Stand Up For Science is a Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign[1] intended to promote the teaching of intelligent design in public high school science classes while discounting evolution. ...

"Intelligent design is not creationism"

One of the principal rationales behind Intelligent Design's neo-creationist strategy is to separate ID from previous, more explicitly religious, forms of creationism, and the legal defeats they suffered. For this reason, the Discovery Institute (and its supporters) make frequent and vehement denials of any connection between ID and creationism. These denials are at times vituperative, for example: Neo-creationism is a movement whose goal is to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public, policy makers, educators, and the scientific community. ...

However this assertion has been refuted both in court and academia. In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District‎ Judge John E. Jones III found that "the overwhelming evidence at trial established that ID is a religious view, a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory."^[34] Numerous books have been written by prominent academics documenting ID as a form of creationism, e.g.: Tammy Kitzmiller, et al. ... John E. Jones III John Edward Jones III (born June 13, 1955) is an American lawyer, political figure, and jurist from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

• Creationism's Trojan Horse - The Wedge of Intelligent Design by Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross
• The Creationists, From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design by Ronald Numbers
• Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism by Robert T. Pennock

Creationisms Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design[1] is a 2004 book by Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross on the origins of intelligent design, specifically the Discovery Institutes Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture and its wedge strategy. ... Barbara Carroll Forrest, PhD. is a professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. ... Paul R. Gross is a biologist and author, perhaps best known to the general public for Higher Superstition (1994),[1] written with Norman Levitt. ... Ronald Numbers Ronald L. Numbers (born 1942) is an American historian of science who received his Ph. ... Robert T. Pennock is a philosopher now working on the Avida digital organism project at Michigan State University where he is an associate professor. ...

Criticism of the campaigns

Critics say that the Institute is conducting a deliberate disinformation campaign. One common criticism is that the rhetoric employed by the Institute in its campaigns is intentionally vague and misleading^[35][36] and that the campaigns mask a near total absence of scientific support and productive research programs. The Templeton Foundation, who once provided grants for conferences and courses to debate intelligent design has since rejected the Discovery Institute's entreaties for more funding, Foundation senior vice president Charles L. Harper Jr. said "They're political - that for us is problematic," and that while Discovery has "always claimed to be focused on the science," "what I see is much more focused on public policy, on public persuasion, on educational advocacy and so forth."^[37][38] Disinformation, in the context of espionage, military intelligence, and propaganda, is the spreading of deliberately false information to mislead an enemy as to ones position or course of action. ... The John Templeton Foundation was established in 1987 by international investment banker John Templeton; it is usually referred to as the Templeton Foundation. Its mission, according to its website, is to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and empirically focused methodology...

See also

• Denialism
• Framing (social sciences)
• Spin (public relations)
• Kansas evolution hearings
• Intelligent design in politics
• Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity

Denialism is a term used to describe the position of governments, business groups, interest groups or individuals who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence and seek to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly. ... In media studies, sociology and psychology, framing is a process of selective control over the individuals perception of the meanings attributed to words or phrases. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Republican-dominated[1] Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how the origin of life would be taught in the states... The intelligent design movement has conducted a far-reaching organized campaign largely in the United States that promotes a Neo-Creationist religious agenda calling for broad social, academic and political changes centering around intelligent design. ... The Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity (PSSI) is a nonprofit anti-evolution organization promoting intelligent design associated with the Discovery Institute, based in Clearwater, Florida. ...

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External links

• Discovery Institute - Center for Science and Culture
• Key Resources for Parents and School Board Members Discovery Institute
• Stand Up For Science A Discovery Institute campaign to influence the Kansas evolution hearings
• Law Review Articles about "Teaching Darwin, Design and the Origins Controversy" by former Discover Institute Fellow Francis Beckwith