>> Now this is a bold claim…but that it (science) has also made us wiser in the process.<<

Wisdom is-

Knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment to action: sagacity, prudence or common sense.

Of course science has increased our knowledge of the world: theory of gravitation, electro-magnetism, and evolution. And uses that knowledge to spectacular results: man on the moon, eradication of small pox, comprehensive understanding of our place in the universe. To argue that science hasn’t made us wiser is to be willfully ignorant.

>> Are we henceforth to look to men and women of the science establishment for wisdom as well as practical knowledge about natural phenomena? Is it even possible to imagine such a thing?<<

There was a time when scientist deferred to philosophers and theologians to help solve society’s ills, those days are gone because the contributions of the former greatly surpassed the latter.