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Re:Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 by johansch on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @06:22PM (#12552799)
Mark ("and Priscilla") are pledging $3B.

The Manhattan project cost was "about $26 billion in 2016 dollars" according to the Wikipedia article. They are short $23B.

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Re:Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 by pmoriarty on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:06PM (#12553061)
"They are short $23B."

That's where this part comes in:

"The more people believe we can cure all disease in our children's lifetimes, the more likely the government is to invest in it"

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Re:Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 by johansch on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:30PM (#12553187)
They (Government-sponsored scientists) were already working on all of these things.
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Re:Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 by agumonkey on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:48PM (#12553270)
That a quarter bill.
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