Morgan Freeman is no scientist, as the Oscar-winning megastar is quick to point out. But he knows a thing or two about physics, in part because of his role as executive producer and host of the Science Channel’s popular “Through The Wormhole” TV series.
What about Freeman himself? Does he believe aliens exist? Does he accept Darwinian evolution–or does he favor creationism?
Recently, HuffPost Science got the chance to pose these and other big questions of our own to Freeman. Here, edited for clarity, are the questions and his answers:
In an exclusive interview with HuffPost Science, Morgan Freeman talks about extraterrestrial life, space exploration, and the origin of life on Earth.
A recent HuffPost Science poll found that about half of all Americans believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Do you believe it exists?
I am fairly certain that it does. If you look out into the universe, there are just billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains billions and billions of stars. So it’s ludicrous to imagine that there aren’t other populated worlds.