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Sttocs OP t1_j2eudho wrote

Reply to comment by AbattoirOfDuty in What if the experiment in Flowers For Algernon succeeded? by Sttocs

Being smart does not make one popular. I think that's covered well in the original text where Charlie's "friends" at the bakery petition to fire him now that he has equal (or superior) intellect.

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AbattoirOfDuty t1_j2evuh6 wrote

Great point about Charlie's friends.

There are many studies that link high intelligence with depression. I wonder how much of that is due to external hostilities vs internal issues.

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PartyPorpoise t1_j2ffywl wrote

Being on a very different level from the people around you (whether you're well above or well below) is going to be inherently isolating, so there's that. But as you say, other things factor in.

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