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Seen on the streets of Mexico City
January 4, 2009The Power of Myth
August 21, 2007Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was a living encyclopedia of world mythology. He is best known for “The Hero with a Thousand Faces,” “The Masks of God,” and other writing. Campbell’s work illuminates the spiritual common-ground between all world religions. As Joseph Campbell said, “if you want to understand Jesus, you have to go beyond Jesus. If you want to understand Buddha, you have to go beyond Buddha. . . “
Before Campbell’s death, he filmed six conversations with Bill Moyers. The episodes (linked below) were aired on PBS. If you don’t have six hours to spare, my favorite episodes are #4 and #6. Enjoy.
Episode 2 of 6: the message of the myth
Episode 3 of 6: the first storytellers
Episode 4 of 6: sacrifice and bliss
ART version 1.4
August 6, 2007A new version of ART (an ancestral reconstruction tool) is available for release. This software package is a labor of love, and lately consumes my “spare” time. I have big plans for ART (including a web interface and visualization tools), but in the meantime this project is stable and functional.
What does ART do?
- ART wraps CodeML into an easier-to-use and error-safe tool.
- ART calculates the maximum a posteriori (MAP) ancestor. The MAP concept is a new statistical practice currently being developed in Joe Thornton’s lab.
- ART manages your phylogenetic reconstruction projects in a SQL database.
