Artificial Intelligence In Charlie's Flowers For Algernon

Imagine being three times smarter than you already are through a simple, painless surgery, but there’s a catch. The effects of the surgery that can make you a genius could be temporary, and have not been studied and may be dangerous. Flowers for Algernon, a short story, describes a character who is intellectually disabled. He has to make a choice between having doctors conduct an experiment that involves surgery on him to make him three times smarter or staying the way he is. Charlie Gordon should not have the surgery because it is highly experimental and theoretical, as well as the negative social effects.

Daniels Decisions are made by people every day across the world. Some are even made by thousands of doctors across the world. Some of these decisions are considered ethical decisions. Ethical decisions are well-founded standards of right and wrong, and development and study of standards. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon-the main character-has an IQ (intelligence quotient) of 68. Since Charlie has an extremely low IQ, his one wish for him is to be smart. Charlie's doctors, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss, have come up with a special operation that will help Charlie become smarter. But did they act ethically in a way? No. Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter, and here's why.

If someone offered you to increase your intelligence, would you accept it? In the story “Flowers for Algernon,” written by Daniel Keyes, the main character, Charlie Gordon, faces an operation that changes his intellectual capacity for a short time. He has an IQ of 68 and this operation will triple it. I think he should have the operation because without it, he never would have learned the things he now knows.

“Flowers for Algernon” Have you ever felt dumb and wanted to be smart? Well, Charlie Gordon knows exactly how you feel. In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon gets an operation to be smart. My opinion towards him getting this operation is NO! I think he shouldn't have gotten, the operation.

How would someone with an IQ of 68 be able to choose whether or not they have a life changing operation? Well Charlie had to make that decision all on his own. In the Science Fiction short story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, a disabled adult that had to decide on his own if he should have an operation to make him smart. Was Charlie’s voice of himself right or wrong to have a life changing operation? How would someone with an IQ of 68 be able to choose and operation that they could later regret forever?

Science is continuing its growth to impact the human civilization in such ways that could never be thought of before. Such growth is demonstrated in Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes when two doctors, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss, perform a surgical operation on their “test subject” Charlie Gordon to attempt to triple his IQ. As astounding as that sounds, they didn’t realize that operating on Charlie could have many consequences. Charlie’s happiness decreased, the doctors did not follow proper ethical procedures, and at the end of all, Charlie died. All in all, in Flowers for Algernon, the doctors made a very bad choice by choosing Charlie Gordon as their test subject for their intelligence-boosting operation as they did not follow proper

In the story "Flowers for Algernon," by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon had a brain operation that would boost his IQ by 3x the amount he had already had. Charlie, being a man with an IQ of 68, had a major change in thought. He not only grew intellectually, but he grew emotionally too. That is what I am here to prove to you today. Now there may be some controversy on this topic but, based upon the context we can only assume that over all, the operation was more beneficial to Charlie than it was harmful, this is mainly because it gave Charlie a chance to have a taste of intelligence, which is what he had always wanted, and it strengthened his friendships, that is beneficial because any strong relationship is worth so much more than a simple one.

People now days treat others with disrespect and look down upon on other who are mentally challenged, and this is not right. In the story “ Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie gets the opportunity to get an operation that could potentially make him smarter. The bad news is it could have side effects and he could lose everything he has learned from the operation and it not work. I believe in this story Charlie should have gotten the operation.

If you had a chance to have a surgery that will make you smart for a few months would you take it? In the story “Flower for algernon” Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man and he has a 68 I.Q. Charlie is selected to have a surgery that will triple his I.Q. Charlie’s life was better before the artificial intelligence surgery. After the surgery Charlie lost his job, became paranoid and lost his friend Algernon.

In the modern world, patients expect their doctors to aid them and to support them. In the short story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur conducted an intelligence enhancement experiment on a man named, Charlie Gordon and changed his life. With an IQ of sixty-eight, the scientists altered him and tripled his IQ. However, this operation has not been ethical because the procedure was abstruse to Charlie, the doctors were rushing, and Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss were acting selfishly.

In the modern world the fine gap between ethics and science has collided. So many new discoveries have been made that doctor’s now have to decide whether or not giving a patient or student help is the right thing to do, or if it is ethical. In the short story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the doctors acted unethically when they selected Charlie Gordon, the main character, for the procedure to triple his intelligence, because they did not not put enough care into the professional decision of would the surgery help and not harm Charlie’s well being, and the doctor’s rushed through the experiment in order to get to the results quicker.

However, Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the doctors never asked any of the questions from questions from the Ethics in Medicine website. One might argue that Charlie wanted to be used, since he said so on the very first page of the story.

The idea of changing someone's IQ is an interesting thing but Charlie a thirty seven year old man who struggles with learning and wants to be smart will become smart as a doctor gives him this chance by having a brain operation, Charlie should not have had the operation performed on him. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is a great sci fi short story that you can learn a lot from. Although I think Charlie should not have had the operation, some might say that he should have had it because he wanted to be smart so it gave him a taste of what being intelligent is all about. The operation done on Charlie had a negative impact on him in the end, poor doctor choses, weak animal testing and bad knowledge of the situation could leave many other

The Barnum effect is when an individual accepts general statements as a personal description. I have a friend that believes her horoscope really predicts her life. Of course, I do not believe this pseudopsychology determines anything about my future. One day, I read her the my horoscope rather than the Leo. She happily supported her "future" until I informed her that I had read the Aries horoscope instead of her own. To this day, she still swears the stars tell her future, but after misleading her about her astrological destiny, I am certain the whole thing is absolutely absurd.

In the book, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is an adult in his thirties, who has an IQ of 68. Unlike most adults in his situation, he is really motivated to learn new things and to get more intelligent. Eventually, he gets the attention of Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss, who think that Charlie is the perfect candidate for an experimental operation that will triple his IQ, making him a genius. Charlie goes through with the procedure, but eventually it backfires and he starts regressing, until he is as dumb as he was before the operation. I think that Charlie should definitely have the surgery for a couple of reasons. Charlie wants to become smart, and thus he deserves it, and he can use his knowledge in the subject to