Mike Huben
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* [http://huben.us/public/MRH_CV2016.pdf My academic CV]. | * [http://huben.us/public/MRH_CV2016.pdf My academic CV]. | ||
* [https://www.replyall.me/peltacast/scourge-of-the-libertarians-interview-with-mike-huben/ Scourge of the Libertarians: Interview with Mike Huben]. My views on libertarianism. | * [https://www.replyall.me/peltacast/scourge-of-the-libertarians-interview-with-mike-huben/ Scourge of the Libertarians: Interview with Mike Huben]. My views on libertarianism. | ||
| + | * [[Ideas|My ideas file]]: free to anybody who wants to use them. | ||
* What I think about [[Trump|Donald Trump]]. | * What I think about [[Trump|Donald Trump]]. | ||
| + | * [[Stories from my life.]] | ||
* Here's my [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/02/23/why-i-am-an-atheist-mike-huben/ Why I Am An Atheist] posting at Pharyngula. | * Here's my [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/02/23/why-i-am-an-atheist-mike-huben/ Why I Am An Atheist] posting at Pharyngula. | ||
* [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis], my blog about my rebirth as an Ecuadorean entomologist. | * [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis], my blog about my rebirth as an Ecuadorean entomologist. | ||
* [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 | + | * [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]]. | ||
| − | * [https:// | + | * [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293123467_Annotated_key_to_the_ensign_wasp_Hymenoptera_Evaniidae_genera_of_the_world_with_descriptions_of_three_new_genera Annotated Key to the Ensign Wasp genera.] My primary scientific publication. |
* [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/sigs.html My favorite signature quotations that I've been using since the 80's.] | * [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/sigs.html My favorite signature quotations that I've been using since the 80's.] | ||
* [[Things I love and admire about Ecuador.]] | * [[Things I love and admire about Ecuador.]] | ||
| + | * [[My Fundamentals]] (under construction). | ||
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== Currently == | == Currently == | ||
[[Image:Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper).jpg|thumb|Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper)]] | [[Image:Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper).jpg|thumb|Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper)]] | ||
| − | Right now, I'm in transition from teaching in the US to becoming an entomologist in Ecuador. You can read about it in my new blog [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis]. I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro], who is now a research professor at | + | Right now, I'm in transition from teaching in the US to becoming an entomologist in Ecuador. You can read about it in my new blog [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis]. I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro], who is now a research professor at IKIAM University. |
I'm doing some [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal evaluations for disease resistance in tomatoes], with 38 varieties growing so far at IKIAM. I have seed for another 80 varieties, seed for 50 varieties of peppers, and much more seed besides. | I'm doing some [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal evaluations for disease resistance in tomatoes], with 38 varieties growing so far at IKIAM. I have seed for another 80 varieties, seed for 50 varieties of peppers, and much more seed besides. | ||
| − | Alina and I both have sizable libraries. I love the folding bookshelves that I brought from the US, but we don't have nearly enough. So we | + | Alina and I both have sizable libraries. I love the folding bookshelves that I brought from the US, but we don't have nearly enough. So we had 25 [[new custom folding bookshelves]] built by a local carpenter. |
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| + | I've been living in 4 cities in Ecuador: | ||
| + | * [[Quito]]: the high-altitude capital (2800m), quite large, with access to almost anything. Crowded and polluted. | ||
| + | * [[Tena]]: a rainforest city (600m) and a delight to live in. Ikiam University where my sweetheart is employed. | ||
| + | * [[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. | ||
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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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== Family == | == Family == | ||
[[Image:Huben Family.jpg|thumb|Mike, Carol, Robert and Peggy.]] | [[Image:Huben Family.jpg|thumb|Mike, Carol, Robert and Peggy.]] | ||
| − | When I married in '88, my ex-wife Peggy and I both changed our name to Huben (mine used to be Huybensz.) Our daughter Carol was born in '90, and our son Robert was born in '93. As of | + | When I married in '88, my ex-wife Peggy and I both changed our name to Huben (mine used to be Huybensz.) Our daughter Carol was born in '90, and our son Robert was born in '93. As of 2021: |
* Peggy teaches Chemistry in Somerville. | * Peggy teaches Chemistry in Somerville. | ||
| − | * Carol is | + | * Carol is teaching Social Justice in Northampton. |
| − | * Robert | + | * Robert has completed his doctorate in mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. |
* I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro]. | * I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro]. | ||
[[Image:Alina and Mike cropped.jpg|thumb|Alina and Mike.]] | [[Image:Alina and Mike cropped.jpg|thumb|Alina and Mike.]] | ||
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* [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/tastes.html Here is a short list of my favorite books, films, etc.] | * [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/tastes.html Here is a short list of my favorite books, films, etc.] | ||
* A recent copy of my [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20086520/Bookmarks.html Bookmarks]. | * A recent copy of my [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20086520/Bookmarks.html Bookmarks]. | ||
| + | * [[Music]] | ||
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* [http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com My second daylily web site, a blog.] | * [http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com My second daylily web site, a blog.] | ||
* My first daylily web site, [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/garden.html Mike Huben's Garden Page]. | * My first daylily web site, [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/garden.html Mike Huben's Garden Page]. | ||
| + | * [[Everyone Can Breed Daylilies]]: book project planning. | ||
| + | * [[Starting Breeding Daylilies In Ecuador]]. | ||
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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 == | ||
