50 Years of Scientific Challenges to Evolution: Remembering The Wistar Symposium

In 1966, MIT engineers and eminent biologists met at the Wistar Institute to discuss problems with evolutionary theory. CSC Senior Fellow Paul Nelson describes what happened at the symposium, “Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution.” Featured expert is Paul A. Nelson, currently a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute and Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts Program in Science & Religion at Biola University. He is a philosopher of biology who has been involved in the intelligent design debate internationally for three decades. The Discovery Science News Channel is the official Youtube channel of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. The CSC is the institutional hub for scientists, educators, and inquiring minds who think that nature supplies compelling evidence of intelligent design. The CSC supports research, sponsors educational programs, defends free speech, and produce articles, books, and multimedia content. For more information visit