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This is a sad day. Paul Allen certainly had many achievements, but one of his endeavors that I truly admire is the founding and funding of the Allen Institute [

This is a sad day. Paul Allen certainly had many achievements, but one of his endeavors that I truly admire is the founding and funding of the Allen Institute [0], especially after I had the pleasure of attending Christof Koch's lecture at the American Academy of Neurology annual conference two years ago [1]. Thank you for everything. You are truly an inspiration. RIP. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Institute [1] - https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/christof-koch/ https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/te...

forgotpwagain 8y ago
The Allen Institutes are incredible organizations. They do these enormous Big Science projects that no single lab could ever do, generating beautiful datasets that the entire scientific community can use freely. All of their data is publicly available. Paul Allen's contributions to accelerating science are immense and cannot be understated.
romwell 8y ago
Also, as an aviation enthusiast, I am really thankful for the Flying Heritage museum, which is one of his endeavors. Keeping historically important aircraft airworthy is something that is keeping the dream of aviation alive. It is too sad that so many have been scrapped (the great flying boats all but went extinct), but this is one effort that sets an example - and benefits the humanity. [1]https://flyingheritage.org/ https://flyingheritage.org/ [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Heritage_%26_Combat_Armor_Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Heritage_%26_Combat_Arm...