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On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, J Shepherd wrote: > That narcosis can be *measured* at 15m, especially with novel > tasks such as might be encountered during an emergency. We're alive > because we consider emergencies, not the boring bit where everything > works. By the way, I feel, through personal experience that this is absolutely correct. My wife and I finger spell to each other. On the surface, no trouble. At 40 feel, we have significant trouble determining what the letters spell. This is a novel task, but there is a noticable impairment that one would not notiice unless one were attempting a novel task. Of course, we feel fine, and don't feel any impairment. There is just the 'Duh' factor. Given that I know I'm impaired, how do I justify going deeper? Well, of course, there is a risk tradeoff. But additionally, there is the issue that one performs more rote tasks reasonably well under impairment. I suspect that this is the exact reason that students are given rote training in how to react to an emergency. How much rote training to you have to have to be good 'deep'? Is it possible to have that much training? Are you impaired in a manner that will cause you to act unpredictably? Nick Simicich - njs@sc*.em*.ne* - (last choice) njs@bc*.vn*.ib*.co* http://scifi.emi.net/njs.html -- Stop by and Light Up The World!
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