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Charlie Gordon’s Procedure
Everybody wants to live their dream. People want to experience different opportunities that they have wanted to do for a long time. This is what Charlie Gordon got to do. Charlie got his IQ tripled for a temporary amount of time. He got it tripled from a procedure. This procedure was a good happening because Charlie got what he dreamed about getting and experiencing. This experiment was also good for Charlie because it gave him the experience that he wanted for a long time.
One reason this was good for Charlie achieved a scientific accomplishment. He was the first human to have this procedure done to himself. “Algernon and I were presented to the American Psychological Association sitting in the convention with the

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