Brains Matter episode 113 - The Discovery Institute

In this episode, the Ordinary Guy talks to Maria Maltseva, an editor, writer and attorney from Washington State in the US, and is well known in the Skeptics community in the US. She spoke about the Discovery Institute and the agenda they are trying to push in science classes in the USA.

- What IS the Discovery Institute?
- What are they attempting to do?
- Why are they trying to confuse science with religion?
- What is the difference between Creationism and “Intelligent Design”?
- How influential are they in the US?
- What is the Wedge Document? What are the goals according to this document?
- The dichotomy of people who hold both religious and scientific beliefs
- What is the geographic scope (at this point) of The Discovery Institute?
- The “Expelled” so-called documentary

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Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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