book blog nov 22

Nothing in our minds is ever really gone. The operation had covered him over with a veneer of education and culture, but emotionally he was there--watching and waiting

This short passage is one i find very intriguing as we see the doctor talking to the others abut charlie and his intelligence deteriorating over time and how he was still the charlie of yesterdays emotionally, but masked by a his giant leap of intelligence. Plus the first sentence "Nothing in our minds is ever really gone." Relates not only to this story but are brain functions in general. The doctors theory is that once we learn something ultimately it still going to be there be it in the subconscious or not we never lose it. The question of how we remember things and if we really lose are memory for good or it just gets jumbled is still being brought up to this day so this passage is really relevant


Q:
How much longer will charlies IQ deteriorate
will he ultimately end up like Algernon
Did the scientists plan for this to happen
What will they do to accommodate for Charlie woes and losses