pickCharlie gets an operation to become smart.
1) It was groundbreaking when it was written, very ableist now. 2) As someone who worked with people with intellectual disabilities for 14 years, I have met many people who held the same beliefs written in the book. 3) I wish it focused more on the Charlie is a human being no matter the IQ, not the science/philosophical bull. 4) I‘m not sure the author ever met a person with IDD.
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pickSci-fi enough to still be relevant today, this book questions the ethics of academia and science, particularly in genetics and psychology. I would have never come across this book had a student not encouraged me to read it. I‘m glad I did. Charlie will stick with me for a while - as will his delightful teacher, Alice Kinnian, who may be the true hero of the story.
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So far my reread of Flowers for Algernon is leading the way
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Dr Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and every thing that happins to me from now on."
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Do you think when our little friend, Algernon, refused to run in the maze and solving puzzles, he was having an internal struggle? Maybe he was questioning why does he actually needs to do these things, maybe he was questioning his freedom...
The new issues have to do with how intelligence uses information, or, more accurately, how intelligence and other fact-based analysis will fare in a world in which even a sophisticated society like our own is trending toward decision making anchored on a priori, near-instinctive narratives—decision making based on that which can be made popular or widely held rather than on that which is objectively true.
Did you know that in the movie “Argo“, Ben Affleck played Tony Mendez?
In real life, Mendez was a master of disguise during his career in the CIA. I just wonder what stories he can't tell because those stories have got to be another blockbuster movie or two!
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pickThis book rips your heart out! Again and again, and again. I realised as I was reading it that I had read it before, but it must have been when I was a teenager I think. I couldn‘t remember most of it but it seemed familiar. Anyway brilliant book showcasing the best and worst of humanity. It was never going to end well. 😭
