>> As I feared and is usually the case, we are tangled in the terms like storm troopers in concertina wire. There can be no advance without getting unstuck.

We seem to concur as to the approximate meaning of the term wisdom but to differ radically in regard to its connection, if any, to science.<<

Let me be clear, for the past 200 years science has provided mankind more wisdom than any other institution.

>> Science cannot tell us what is right nor how we ought to live.<<

Science answers questions. I’m not saying scientists should be in charge of everything but denying their contribution is silly.