If that's the case, then here's what I say.
The point of Flowers For Algernon was to show life from the point of view of a legally retarded man. Since I am not legally retarded, I use it as a basis for my thoughts. In the story, Charlie shows a great deal of optimism. Despite being teased, becoming the butt of every joke, and shown tests that he cannot understand, he remains blissfully ignorant. Ironically, when he gains an IQ of over two hundred, he becomes pessimistic. I think it'd be like that-in spite of not being able to calculate anything with a level of complication above 2 + 2, I would be generally happier-I would forget the troubles of the world, inevitability of death, anything ever said by Friedrich Nietzsche, Alan Moore, and H.P. Lovecraft, etc. That is not to say that it'd be all well-while I sit in my fantasy world, disasters occur, and I can't sum up power to stop them, I would become mistreated and not realize it, everything would be a mess for me-and I would be blind to it. How can I decide to devote myself to a cause, if I cannot understand any morality above a kindergarten level? How can I gain a job above minimum wage if I have difficulty spelling my own name? How can I experience life's pleasures if I cannot see their importance?
In conclusion, I'll just keep my brain. Thank you.
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I'm not sure who this is.
The prompt was asking you to put yourself into the shoes of a person with an extremely low IQ. You answered the first part of the prompt when you said that you would be happier having a low intelligence--great point and examples. The second part of the prompt asked you to think about whether you would want to have a higher IQ if yours was only 68. I didn't see where you answered this part. What would you do? Would you want to have a higher IQ if you were this person?
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