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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by harpiaharpyja on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:38PM (#14792483)
Not GP but I believe he is saying that unless we've been in an underwater cave the diver's perspective may be difficult for us to really appreciate.

To us, continuing to dive seems like an unacceptable risk. To the diver, it seemingly is not.

Along the same vein I believe GP then goes on to say that he does not feel that the diver's perspective is less valid just because he (the GP) doesn't understand it.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by Chris2048 on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:53PM (#14792582)
But what's the difference?

Either it's risky, or it isn't? If the diver has good reason to think that it isn't, fair enough. But is that the case?

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by gpawl on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:34PM (#14793463)
risk is easy to calculate. reward is not.
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