Talk:John Maynard Smith

message: The infobox on the John Maynard Smith page has been removed. Please discuss arguments for or against removal to reach a consensus.
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bunix 09:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a really incompetent implementation of a box; See talk:J. B. S. Haldane.  Why oh why oh why does it matter whether he was right or left handed? (etc). — Dunc|☺ 09:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Hi Dunc, OK two weeks have passed to give us a chance to sleep on it. In the absence of any futher objections, I am now reinstating the box. In order to respect your comments, I have commented out the chirality field. Best regards, bunix 13:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox Discussion

message: Really! John Maynard Smith never got a PhD. He was an undergrad at UCL with JBS Haldane, but if my memory is correct, then spent his war years in aircraft design. I think everyone, especially JMS, knew he was brilliant, so he simply didn't need a PhD, which was an American invention borrowed from Germany before the holocaust. Someone more clued up than me should research his biography more thoroughly, and let me know the title of his PhD dissertation/thesis. I don't think he did one at all. Eratosignis (talk) 21:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: - that is correct, he went straight from being a doctoral student to a full professor.  You are right about needing more research though - the Darwin-Wallace Medal (needlessly piped to Darwin-Wallace Award for reasons unknown) was awarded posthumously - but not uniquely so. Barney the barney barney (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually he didn't go from student to full professor. Between Haldane and Sussex, he was a lecturer in the Zoology Dept at UCL when Peter Medawar was head of department. Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:54, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Doctoral Advisor

message: Several of the awards he received required that the recipients (scientific) efforts contribute to the well-being of humanity. It would be nice if the article expounded on his philanthropy and contributions to humanity.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.187.0.164 (talk) 17:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Contributions to Humanity

message: As far as I understand the famous biologist Ernst Mayr does not regard Richard Dawkins and Maynard Smith as a Darwinists. If this view has its reasons, it should be discussed. There is even a Wikipedia: Dawkins vs. Gould presenting the Book: Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest is a book by philosopher of biology Kim Sterelny about the differing views of biologists Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould. The article about Maynard Smith should reflect the essentials of this debate.Cuauti (talk) 21:58, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I knew John fairly well, and he was a genuine biologist so far as I was concerned. His idea drew upon his background, but were biological in essence. Ernst I only corresponded with. He may have had a tendency to overstate (!) It's difficult to judge Dawkins at present. The less we judge, the better science is. Historically, many biologists have been misjudged by their contemporaries. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:41, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game theory vs. Darwin 

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Anyway, I'll be looking at giving this article proper treatment sometime in the future.  I'm not sure when, though... – VisionHolder « talk » 08:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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message: What basis is there for saying his name was double-barrelled? His father was Sidney Maynard Smith, but Sidney's father was one W H Smith. Socialambulator (talk) 17:05, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name barrelled?