Hey, Tom-

Were you at 300' when you did the #5 calculation on page 296 of Mixed Gas 
Diving? I get 137.62, not 144.

   Jim

On 11/4/97 4:02 PM Tom Mount wrote:

>Jack and Jon
>
>I have reasonable math skills, Dick Williams MD also does and we did the
>test 3 times. The point is with a focussed mind you can do single points
>of concentration and work, What the test proved to me was the real
>danger of narcosis in that when given multiple factors you lose
>everything and yopu lose it quickly. It means one may go from a point of
>feeling quite in control to totally losing it when more than one
>focussed event has to be accomplished. That was the point I thought I
>made in the post. 
>
>
>Tom
> Kreska wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe he has NO math skills at any atmosphere, huh?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:   John R. Rose [SMTP:rose@CS*.Sc*.ED*]
>> Sent:   Monday, November 03, 1997 7:51 PM
>> To:     TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*
>> Cc:     jeg154@ps*.ed*; gmirvine@sa*.ne*; techdiver@aquanaut.com; 
>cavers@ge*.co*
>> Subject:        Re: Math Under Pressure
>> 
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
>> > I have completed math test during actual research both in chamber and in
>> > the water. In the book mixed gas diving the results are discussed.
>> >
>> > In my experiences our personal abilities to do the math alone, as well
>> > as purdue pegboard test and a variety of other test was not imparied
>> > significantly. Much less than we expected and we did these test at a
>> > variety of depths up to 300 feet/91 meters.
>> 
>> Tom,
>> 
>> Let me see if I understand you correctly. Are you saying that your
>> math skills at 300 feet do not differ significantly from your math
>> skills at 1 ATA?
>> 
>> -John
>

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