Comment on Assuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?

CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just finished reading that earlier today. What a coincidence!

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• ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven't, but I Googled it. It's about a MOUSE!? I always assumed it was one of those "unhappy women in corsets"-type books.

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  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

    As the treatment takes effect, Charlie’s intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

    It’s not about the mouse. It’s about the issues that come with extreme intelligence and the progress and deterioration of Charlie.

    It’s an excellent book and very much worth reading.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fantastic book. I listened to the audiobook and I still have vivid memories of when I started it, of me mowing the lawn and having my mind blown.

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  • TomatoSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stupid sexy Algernon

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  • rosymind@leminal.space ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Read it. It’s short and easy and it will stay with you for a lifetime

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• jpeps@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not exactly at the same level, but a short story related to this topic that I love is Understand by Ted Chiang.

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