Are We Any Smarter or Any Wiser?

As a consequence of sacrifice of our religious beliefs and ourphilosophical b s, that problems of meaning have become more paramount for the modern person. The application of a strict empirical model designed to abstract out from every one's experet experience those things that are material and constant has enabled us to produce technological implements of extreme power. So we're more powerful. Are we any smarter or wiser? Whell i think a casual glance at the history of the twentieth century would suggest that perhaps we're not.