Welby was responding to comments from Prof Richard Dawkins last week on the primacy of evidence and reason, not emotion, when making big decisions. While he said evidence-based decision-making was important to him, he cited the Gard case as an example of where it could only be a part of the right approach. Timeline: Charlie Gard and his parents' legal battle to save him Read moreSpeaking on the same programme last week, Dawkins said people should avoid voting with their gut and adopt a more scientific approach. But when we’re making important decisions, like when we’re voting [or] when we’re taking important business decisions, don’t think with your gut, think rationally. “I just feel deeply sorrowed by the whole thing and feel deeply, deeply, deeply for Charlie Gard’s parents and for all the rest of the people involved in the most tragic case.

Source: The Guardian July 31, 2017 09:07 UTC