Paul Nelson: My Adventures with Jonathan Wells

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

4 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes philosopher of biology Paul Nelson to share some of his remembrances of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who passed away in 2024 at 82 years old. Dr. Wells was one of the first fellows at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, and his contributions to the intelligent design movement over the last quarter century have been monumental. In the first half of the conversation, Dr. Nelson takes listeners back to a famous meeting in the history of the modern intelligent design movement. He also shares some humorous stories of his adventures with Jonathan Wells at events in the United States and China. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Source

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0:00.0	ID the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Welcome to ID the Future, everyone.
0:13.9	I'm your host, Andrew McDermid.
0:16.0	Well, my guest today is philosopher of biology Paul Nelson to share some of his
0:20.2	remembrances of our longtime colleague, Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old.
0:27.2	Dr. Wells was one of the first fellows at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, and his contributions to the Intelligent Design Movement have been monumental, to say the least.
0:37.9	Nelson is a senior fellow of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture
0:41.4	and an adjunct professor in the Master of Arts Program in Science and Religion at Biola University.
0:47.6	He is a philosopher of biology who has been involved in the intelligent design debate internationally
0:52.1	for three decades.
0:59.0	After Paul received his BA in philosophy with a minor in evolutionary biology from the University of Pittsburgh, he entered the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD in 1998
1:04.6	in the philosophy of biology and evolutionary theory.
1:08.8	Paul, there's so much more I could say about you, but let's get on with it.
1:11.5	Welcome back.
1:12.7	Oh, it's great to be back.
1:14.8	Has it really been four years since our last conversation on the podcast?
1:19.3	I mean, I think I remember we talked about your trip to the Galapagos.
1:22.8	Yeah, it's hard to believe.
1:24.7	I think lying between that last visit and today was COVID.
1:31.2	That pesky little pandemic. Pesky little pandemic, which I fear has wiped out my short-term memory,
1:36.9	but the memories that are relevant to Jonathan Wells are all still there.
1:41.6	Oh, good, good. Well, we'll be relying on those today and sharing. Well,
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