Recently, i read a short but rather eye catching novel---Flowers for Algernon. It is quite interesting and describes how a mentally challenged person became intlligent but went back to being dumb again. I am going to discuss about the topic, Should science be used to artificially improve someone's intelligence or external appearance?
In my opinion, science should not be used to artificially improve one's IQ level.
The reason is actually very simple. It is a way to oppose the nature. It is against natural order. We cannot just increase our intelligence like that, it is a form of abusing science and technology.
Knowledge is not easy to acquire. We normally go through many obstacles and challenges to succeed in our goals. We persevere and spill fresh blood to gain knowledge, to acquire wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom are very difficult to get, so how is it possible for it to just fall from the sky into one's hands? We cannot cheat to please ourselves. We must show respect to science and technology, not abusing them but using them in a proper way, the right way.
For example, if one was very hardworking and was willing to go the extra mile, he should be very intelligent and smart. He deserved it. However, if a mentally challenged or a person with low IQ level gets special treatments, and he became as smart and clever as the previous guy, wouldnt it be unfair? Think about it. It is right?
I also felt that because when we learnt from past experiences, we gain knowledge. On the contrary, when we go against the god or play the god, we straight away know everything and would not have the happy experiences went through with friends.
We would also lose friends as they would think that we may have bacame too weird for them.
Hence, i do not recommend science to be used to artificially improve someone's intelligence or external appearance.
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This post is a pleasure to read as opinions are well thought out and points which are mentioned are strong ones. I particularly like the sentence "We cannot cheat to please ourselves." as I feel that it is a good point made. One must go through obstacles and challenges so that when he or she finally gains new found knowledge, he knows that it came from hard work,the sense of fulfilment will be stonger. The post also invokes readers to comment on it; questions like "Do you think this is right?" are asked. Good job Aolun! -Jun Xian
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