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Charles emphasized more careful listening to the wisdom of our hearts, as well as to the rational analysis of our heads, more attentiveness to the preservation of bio-diversity and

traditional communities-in effect, clearer thinking about our role as stewards of creation.

Scientists are interpreting Charles message as a heartfelt attack on modern science and have labelled his talk: “woolly thinking” – mixing up faith and science.

I, too, am in favour of stewardship, biodiversity preservation and the wisdom of the heart. Does that make me a woolly thinker?

Scientific tools invented by the human race are capable of changing the creation in profound ways – some in ways that we can barely comprehend – like the fog that surrounds our existing

knowledge about global warming.

Science, as the art of understanding how the creation works, has contributed much to our prosperity – and holds the promise of more to come.

They claim a greater role than that of informant about our choices and possible futures.

The phrase “good science” has crept into public discourse. Good science is all you need, some say, to make a good decision.

When science claims to answer “the why” as well as “the what,” it becomes arrogant.

When science claims that it can answer all our questions, given enough time and money, it exudes triumphalism.

The decision to manipulate genes, or to build atomic bombs, is not a scientific determination.

Science alters human options. Science makes it possible for us to choose a different future for our grandchildren.

But science, no matter how good it is, cannot and should not make the choice of futures for us.