Mike Huben
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* [http://entclub.org/nomination-poems.html Nomination Poems for the Cambridge Entomology Club.] One of my few poetic endeavors, where the rhymes are deliberately strained for fun. | * [http://entclub.org/nomination-poems.html Nomination Poems for the Cambridge Entomology Club.] One of my few poetic endeavors, where the rhymes are deliberately strained for fun. | ||
* My daylily website, on this wiki: [[Diploids Resurgent]]. | * My daylily website, on this wiki: [[Diploids Resurgent]]. | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://philpapers.org/rec/HUBTFS Taking Freedom Seriously: A Pre-Legal Model of Freedom, Interferences, Rights and Duties.] How I think freedom and rights really work. |
| − | * [http://critiques.us Critiques Of Libertarianism], my giant index of 2500+ links and writings that rebut libertarian claims. | + | * [http://critiques.us Critiques Of Libertarianism], my giant index of 2500+ links and writings that rebut libertarian claims. It includes my [http://critiques.us/index.php?title=A_Non-Libertarian_FAQ Non-Libertarian FAQ]. |
* [[Linear Programming]]: an innovative method of teaching a badly taught concept. | * [[Linear Programming]]: an innovative method of teaching a badly taught concept. | ||
* An idea for a [[Truth course]]. | * An idea for a [[Truth course]]. | ||
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* [[Latacunga]]: a cold, high-altitude city (2800m), where my sweetheart was employed for 2 years at Universidad Technica Cotopaxi. | * [[Latacunga]]: a cold, high-altitude city (2800m), where my sweetheart was employed for 2 years at Universidad Technica Cotopaxi. | ||
* [[Banos]]: a wonderful tourist town at cloud forest altitude (1800m) at the entrance to the rain forest. A perfect climate and excellent restaurants. My sweetheart's home town, and where we will be living and eventually retiring. | * [[Banos]]: a wonderful tourist town at cloud forest altitude (1800m) at the entrance to the rain forest. A perfect climate and excellent restaurants. My sweetheart's home town, and where we will be living and eventually retiring. | ||
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| + | In 2022, we will be living for 8 months in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou Guangzhou], where Alina has a fellowship at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Botanical_Garden South China Botanical Garden]. [https://goo.gl/maps/ohzB2LD6gYbfkMc29 Here's the location.] | ||
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*[[Disgust With Philosophy]]<br>I believe philosophical thinking is a necessary tool. But not for any knowledge or wisdom. The only valid use I find for philosophy is to REJECT ideas: most prominently those of philosophers. When students tell me they are interested in philosophy, I want to steer them away from it: what a futile waste of time! | *[[Disgust With Philosophy]]<br>I believe philosophical thinking is a necessary tool. But not for any knowledge or wisdom. The only valid use I find for philosophy is to REJECT ideas: most prominently those of philosophers. When students tell me they are interested in philosophy, I want to steer them away from it: what a futile waste of time! | ||
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| + | Of course there has to be SOME philosophy that I like. I generally like the philosophers who lean towards science (such as Dennett) and some of the golden oldies such as Peirce and Dewey, though I confess that I haven't read much of the latter two. | ||
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| + | * [https://www.ockhamsbeard.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Evolution-and-Moral-Ecology-Tim-Dean-Public.pdf Evolution and Moral Ecology by Timothy Dean]. I haven't spotted a difference between his ideas and mine, though his are greatly better elaborated and explained. Essentially why there is an ecology of moralities and how they have evolved. While he doesn't go there, it effectively answers religious claims to exclusive morality. | ||
== Atheism == | == Atheism == | ||
