Upon first glance of The discovery institute website, something immediately jumped out to me: "The Center for Science and Culture" this is undoubtedly just me, but the entire site seemed rather Culty.

I looked around a bit more and realized this was probably not the case.

That being said, Darwin appears quite a bit on this site. I admit that although I am familiar with Darwin and the very basic ideas and concepts that were taught to me in high school and in some college classes, I have not directly read "The Origin of Species" or other text's authored by Darwin, and therefor have a distorted set of ideas about his theories. With what we have learned about how we are taught certain topics in our journey of education (The American Pageant) I am skeptical to trust everything I have been taught about this topic. The center for science and culture seems to embrace this idea though, for on the about page it explains the various approaches/ mission statements that the center takes in order to be/seem less biased

• supports research by scientists and other scholars challenging various aspects of neo-Darwinian theory;
• supports research by scientists and other scholars developing the scientific theory known as intelligent design;
• supports research by scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities exploring the impact of scientific materialism on culture.
• encourages schools to improve science education by teaching students more fully about the theory of evolution, including the theory's scientific weaknesses as well is its strengths.

All of these statements seem relatively noble. I think that a respected center for science research that takes into consideration that intelligent design could be an option to why every creature is the way that it is, is a testament to how open minded the center must be. And doesn't this alleged effort taken make the center seem more approachable from both a pro/anti evolution perspective, thus more culturally accessible?

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