The Computer Between the Ears

[LiteHedded]

Do you think having your dive buddy lose his life is in the ballpark of “pretty sideways“?

Yea. Pretty-to-extremely sideways I’d say

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Yea. Pretty-to-extremely sideways I’d say

Having a category of paper cut to amputation with a chainsaw is a bit too broad.

 

[aquacat8]

I have artist's brain... it can analyze shapes, forms, colors, symbols and concepts and make multiple layers of decisions about them. Math? Not so much. So many divers are engineer/doctor types, but for me, I'll take a computer over my brain doing even simple math. But on the subject of color, an area I do have expertise in: I once was trying to explain a subtle vintage color scheme to someone and I referenced a movie that I claimed had that wonderful combination of color. Later I saw the movie on TV: it was in black and white. I had remembered it in color. Does the brain make up stuff? Yes it does.

 

[ofg-1]

Was it painful to have that computer implanted between your ears?

 

[tarponchik]

Whether or not a technical diver should use a computer is still a hot topic for many people. I posted an opinion here that some might find interesting.

Long time ago I've asked here a question, if there was actually a proof that comps make diving safer and I was condemned as a troll (which, of course, I am). However, regardless of my trolling, the March issue of Scuba Diving had a story (pp 32-3) of how a diver got DCS while following his comp guidelines. Makes me wonder...

 

[boulderjohn]

Long time ago I've asked here a question, if there was actually a proof that comps make diving safer and I was condemned as a troll (which, of course, I am). However, regardless of my trolling, the March issue of Scuba Diving had a story (pp 32-3) of how a diver got DCS while following his comp guidelines. Makes me wonder...

...because no one has ever gotten bent when not using a computer, right?

 

[Jack Hammer]

What I find funniest about these "debates" is the seeming belief many show that it can only be 100% one way or the other. In the real world it isn't all about absolutes, there is a lot of middle ground and overlap.

 

[boulderjohn]

What I find funniest about these "debates" is the seeming belief many show that it can only be 100% one way or the other. In the real world it isn't all about absolutes, there is a lot of middle ground and overlap.

I agree. One typical overstatement is (with some admitted exaggeration) that people who use computers just jump in the water with no idea of a plan. My dive planning with a computer is just as complete as it was before I used one. Now, I do a lot of dives with the same planned bottom times and deco gases, so I don't need to repeat a plan I know well in great detail, but that would be true in either case.

 

[dmaziuk]

Y'know, this entire discussion reminds me strongly of how some racers talk about how unnecessary antilock brakes are for them.

You know, for me this might be the first car analogy ever that doesn't suck and is actually pretty apropos.

 

[tarponchik]

What I find funniest about these "debates" is the seeming belief many show that it can only be 100% one way or the other. In the real world it isn't all about absolutes, there is a lot of middle ground and overlap.

Exactly. Except maybe for Crocodile Dundee, people do not like to deal with probabilities, they want 100% yes or now, black or white, friend or foe etc. They tolerate 50 colors of grey only in soft porn.