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In
the
midst
of
all
the
confusion
—
luggage
drifting
in
and
piling
up
all
around
the
lobby
,
bellboys
hustling
back
and
forth
with
their
little
baggage
carts
,
members
who
hadn
’
t
seen
each
other
in
a
year
,
recognizing
and
greeting
each
other
—
we
stood
there
feeling
increasingly
embar
rassed
as
Nemur
tried
to
collar
officials
connected
with
the
International
Psychological
Association
.
Finally
,
when
it
became
apparent
that
nothing
could
be
done
about
it
,
he
accepted
the
fact
that
we
would
have
to
spend
our
first
night
in
Chicago
at
the
Independence
.
As
it
turned
out
,
most
of
the
younger
psychologists
were
staying
at
the
Independence
,
and
that
was
where
the
big
first
-
night
parties
were
.
Here
,
people
had
heard
about
the
experiment
,
and
most
of
them
knew
who
I
was
.
Wherever
we
went
,
someone
came
up
and
asked
my
opin
ions
on
everything
from
the
effects
of
the
new
tax
to
the
latest
archaeological
discoveries
in
Finland
.
It
was
chal
lenging
,
and
my
storehouse
of
general
knowledge
made
it
easy
for
me
to
talk
about
almost
anything
.
But
after
a
while
I
could
see
that
Nemur
was
annoyed
at
all
the
at
tention
I
was
getting
.
When
an
attractive
young
clinician
from
Falmouth
College
asked
me
if
I
could
explain
some
of
the
causes
of
my
own
retardation
,
I
told
her
that
Professor
Nemur
was
the
man
to
answer
that
.
It
was
the
chance
he
had
been
waiting
for
to
show
his
authority
,
and
for
the
first
time
since
we
’
d
known
each
other
he
put
his
hand
on
my
shoulder
.
"
We
don
’
t
know
ex
actly
what
causes
the
type
of
phenylketonuria
that
Charlie
was
suffering
from
as
a
child
—
some
unusual
biochemical
or
genetic
situation
,
possibly
ionizing
radiation
or
natural
radiation
or
even
a
virus
attack
on
the
fetus
—
whatever
it
was
resulted
in
a
defective
gene
which
produces
a
,
shall
we
say
,
’
maverick
enzyme
’
that
creates
defective
biochemical
reactions
.
And
,
of
course
,
newly
produced
amino
acids
compete
with
the
normal
enzymes
causing
brain
damage
.
"
The
girl
frowned
.
She
had
not
expected
a
lecture
,
but
Nemur
had
seized
the
floor
and
he
went
on
in
the
same
vein
.
"
I
call
it
competitive
inhibition
of
enzymes
.
Let
me
give
you
an
example
of
how
it
works
.
Think
of
the
enzyme
pro
duced
by
the
defective
gene
as
a
wrong
key
which
fits
into
the
chemical
lock
of
the
central
nervous
system
—
but
won
’
t
turn
.
Because
it
’
s
there
,
the
true
key
—
the
right
en
zyme
—
can
’
t
even
enter
the
lock
It
’
s
blocked
.
Result
?
Irre
versible
destruction
of
proteins
in
the
brain
tissue
.
"
"
But
if
it
is
irreversible
,
"
intruded
one
of
the
other
psychologists
who
had
joined
the
little
audience
,
"
how
is
it
possible
that
Mr
.
Gordon
here
is
no
longer
retarded
?
"
"
Ah
!
"
crowed
Nemur
,
"
I
said
the
destruction
to
the
tissue
was
irreversible
,
not
the
process
itself
.
Many
re
searchers
have
been
able
to
reverse
the
process
through
in
jections
of
chemicals
which
combine
with
the
defective
enzymes
,
changing
the
molecular
shape
of
the
interfering
key
,
as
it
were
.
This
is
central
to
our
own
technique
as
well
.
But
first
,
we
remove
the
damaged
portions
of
the
brain
and
permit
the
implanted
brain
tissue
which
has
been
chemically
revitalized
to
produce
brain
proteins
at
a
super
normal
rate
—
"
