One man's struggle against impermanence
John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.
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Foundations of Systematics and Biogeography
Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality
Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World (Evolution and Cognition Series)
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, 3rd Edition (Bradford Books)
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Category: Humor
Posted on: July 30, 2007 10:41 AM, by John S. Wilkins
Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
| Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.  |
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Comments
You can be captain, but I'll fly the damn ship...and I have a hawt missus:
You are Wash (Ship Pilot)
Wash (Ship Pilot)
95%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
75%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
60%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)
40%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)
35%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)
30%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)
20%
A Reaver (Cannibal)
20%
Alliance
20%
River (Stowaway)
15%
Inara Serra (Companion)
10%
You are a pilot with a good
if not silly sense of humor.
You take pride in your collection of toys.
You love your significant other.
Posted by: MartinDH | July 30, 2007 12:20 PM
I'm a wash too!
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | July 30, 2007 8:51 PM
...and Wilkins must have been lying through his teeth..8-D
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | July 30, 2007 8:53 PM
I'm Zoe. Think I missed out on being Mal because I don't play with toys much (except this damn computer). Just watched the movie again. Sigh.
Posted by: Susan Silberstein | July 31, 2007 2:18 AM
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 85%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 65%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 65%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 55%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 50%
Inara Serra (Companion) 50%
River (Stowaway) 50%
Derrial Book (Shepherd) 50%
Wash (Ship Pilot) 20%
A Reaver (Cannibal) 15%
Alliance 15%
Posted by: Chris' Wills | July 31, 2007 10:10 AM