AbattoirOfDuty t1_j2evuh6 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:21 PM Reply to comment by Sttocs in What if the experiment in Flowers For Algernon succeeded? by Sttocs 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. Permalink Parent 12
AbattoirOfDuty t1_j2etrqc wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:07 PM Reply to What if the experiment in Flowers For Algernon succeeded? by Sttocs Why do you say that it's the "world's anti-intellectualism" that would make Charlie unhappy? IMO, it would be internal issues (not external ones) that would make him unhappy. Permalink 12
AbattoirOfDuty t1_j2evuh6 wrote
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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.