Let's say you were like Charlie Gordon and someone offered you the opportunity to participate in an experimental procedure that might artificially raise your intelligence. Let's say they warned you the results might be temporary.Would you avail yourself of the opportunity or not? Why?
If I were like Charlie and someone offered me an opportunity to temporarily raise my intelligence, I would accept the offer. It would be my only shot in life to ever be like those around me, and, after all, there would be nothing to lose besides my autism.
ReplyDeleteI would not avail myself to the opportunity not only because the results would be temporary, but because it would make me an artificial version of myself. I would want to stay the way I was meant to be.
ReplyDeleteJackson Novick
I would not avail myself to this opportunity. It would be a great opportunity to finally do something worthwhile with my life, even for a little while, but I would not take the risk to become like Charlie Gordon. Sometimes things are just better the way they are.
ReplyDeleteIn a response to Jackson's comment, the symptoms weren't guaranteed to be temporary, but it was a possibility
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If I had to choose I would utilize the opportunity given to me and say yes! Even if I knew that being smart was a could be a temporary effect, I could now still have recollections of when I was smart. In the story, right as Charlie's mind starts to fade out, he still has some recollections of when he was smart. As far as we know those memories could stick with him for a while. It also makes him feel like he was accomplished in the science field, which could boost his self-esteem in learning to read and write better.
ReplyDeleteI would not take the opportunity because I know that after it wears off, I probably won't even remember how it felt to be intelligent. Also, I don't think it's the best idea to change who you are or who you were born to be though it may be tempting if you are a person like Charlie.
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