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I guess I'm avoiding saying yes or no.
You have new divers and "young" divers in the OP.
New divers may just as easily screw up using tables.
With "young" you must give an age. Many say young males are more prone to taking stupid chances than females. Then what age? Recently 14-24 was suggested. Of course, this is a generalization as there are many who don't fit this parameter.
Sort of an analogy may be when stick shift cars gradually gave way to automatics being more the norm. Some said this makes it too easy-- less to think about-- so accidents will happen by confusing gas with brake (no clutch). I guess this didn't affect accident rates (don't really know). Then again, it seems to me there are more idiots on the road today than ever.
One of my favourite pet peeves is that it is rarely explained that you don't have the conservatism with DCs that you do with tables--your bottom time is (theoretically) exactly what it is. So someone may think "I have 1 minute bottom time remaining, so I'm safe".
You have new divers and "young" divers in the OP.
New divers may just as easily screw up using tables.
With "young" you must give an age. Many say young males are more prone to taking stupid chances than females. Then what age? Recently 14-24 was suggested. Of course, this is a generalization as there are many who don't fit this parameter.
Sort of an analogy may be when stick shift cars gradually gave way to automatics being more the norm. Some said this makes it too easy-- less to think about-- so accidents will happen by confusing gas with brake (no clutch). I guess this didn't affect accident rates (don't really know). Then again, it seems to me there are more idiots on the road today than ever.
One of my favourite pet peeves is that it is rarely explained that you don't have the conservatism with DCs that you do with tables--your bottom time is (theoretically) exactly what it is. So someone may think "I have 1 minute bottom time remaining, so I'm safe".