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 Oct 7 2006, 03:52 PM
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 Photoartist  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390  |
So I just finished reading some of the book Flowers for Algernon for school. It's about a mentally retarded man volunteering to be part of a surgery/experiment that will try to make his IQ three times higher than what it was.
I've heard that some scientists today are trying to accomplish this. What do you guys think about artificially raising a person's IQ? What do you think would happen if everybody, or most people received that sort of surgery? Just wondering what some of you guys think about this sort of thing. |
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Oct 7 2006, 04:02 PM
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I think it would be a bad idea. I mean, when everyone's super-smart, there'd be no competition! Well, at least not in school.
And the suicide rate would probably be heightened. You guys have all heard of super-smart people killing themselves because they know too much, right? I think it'd be crazy. |
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Arjuna Capulong Artificial Intelligence Oct 7 2006, 03:52 PM
Arjuna Capulong QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Oct 7 2006, 5:02 PM) I ... Oct 7 2006, 04:13 PM rawr SOCK QUOTE(Arjuna Capulong @ Oct 7 2006, 5:13 ... Oct 7 2006, 04:25 PM Arjuna Capulong QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Oct 7 2006, 5:25 PM) Oh... Oct 7 2006, 04:33 PM
electric shock Talk about irony. I just finished reading part of ... Oct 7 2006, 04:04 PM sadolakced acid Human intellegence is at it's limit.
Any more... Oct 7 2006, 06:31 PM Arjuna Capulong Alright, well what about having mentally impaired ... Oct 7 2006, 07:19 PM sakaitone I don't think average people should get any sm... Oct 7 2006, 09:03 PM KINGdinguhling suh gud buuk Jan 23 2009, 02:17 AM alison-apples I think it'd be a nice thing for people with e... Jan 25 2009, 03:40 AM dosomethin888 I wouldnt mind them doing it. I mean, if people ar... Jan 25 2009, 03:46 AM KINGdinguhling QUOTE(dosomethin888 @ Jan 25 2009, 12:46 ... Jan 26 2009, 03:39 AM WarMachine Futures... made of... virtual insanity... Jan 25 2009, 08:22 AM illmortal Is it a form of reprogramming a person's mind? Feb 12 2009, 02:49 AM |
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