Does It Matter If Climate Science Is 100% Accurate?

Welcome to What In God's Name! Be curious. Go deep. Shed light.

Our first show begins a conversation on climate change. It soon becomes apparent that a deeper consideration of this issue touches on other basic questions:

What are the limits to human knowledge in predicting the future, and how do those limits affect our ability to act?

Does a theological perspective that sees nature as God's creation preclude partnerships between religious and non-religious people on environmental issues?

What is necessary for humans to bridge the gap from merely knowing what is good, to actually doing what is good?

What is politics for? When might a strict libertarian philosophy be unhelpful?

To go to particular parts of the conversation, we include the following timecodes:

00:32 Chris asks: Is climate science perfect? Does it matter?
05:47 Connecting with people who care for the Earth but who do not share a Judeo-Christian theology of Creation.
08:06 Human nature: what incentives do we need in order to do what's right? How much more pressure do we need to feel, in order to change?
09:57 Shayna lifts up the "intersectionality of oppressions": how different kinds of exploitation have common roots.
12:11 Political philosophy: the limits of libertarianism; discerning when the scale and scope of government is helpful in solving problems.