The European Union defends Darwinism

Massimo Piatelli Palmarini, professor of cognitive science at the University of Arizona, considers the decision taken by the European Parliament on October 4th to say no to creationism. "I think we should applaud the European Parliament's resolution in favour of teaching the theory of evolution as a fundamental scientific theory and the consequential refuting of the teaching creationism. This is not a resolution that obliges Member States, but it is an authority. ... This is a conquest of freedom and healthy intellectual hygiene that prevents religions from interfering with scientific questions and to equally prevent science from interfering in religious questions... . A scientific thesis and a theological hypothesis cannot and should not be presented in the same way. The European Parliament was right to distinguish the borderline that separates the two."

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