The Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity (PSSI), formally registered as PSSI International Inc, is a nonprofit anti-evolution organization promoting intelligent design associated with the Discovery Institute, based in Clearwater, Florida. It sponsors events promoting intelligent design and fundamentalist Christianity
The PSSI has also created and maintains a list of medical professionals who "Dissent from Darwinism". This list is used by the Discovery Institute in its anti-evolution campaigns. The petition is in support of the Discovery Institute claims that intelligent design is scientifically valid while asserting that evolution lacks broad scientific support.
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