Center for Science and Culture
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2006
Campaign against Wikipedia coverage
A staff post urged supporters to complain about what it called biased Wikipedia coverage of intelligent design and reproduced a reader’s criticism of the encyclopedia. The episode was criticized as an attempt to influence public descriptions of the movement.
2005
Smithsonian screening and returned donation
The Discovery Institute donated $16,000 to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in connection with a gathering and screening of The Privileged Planet. After reviewing the film, the museum returned the donation and clarified that neither the film nor the Discovery Institute represented the institution’s scientific views.