sschlesi
Contributor
After doing some studying and searching, I have become aware that there is an ENORMOUS amount of research that has gone into the "science of microbubble" offgassing, as expressed in modern day dive computer algorithems. My inclination is that I do not necessarily need to (at this stage) understand the science fully, to be able to appreciate it, respect it,...AND FOLLOW IT RELIGIOUSLY. That, and doing all the "basics" that we ALL know we should be doing (i.e. staying hydrated, staying warm, avoiding vassoconstrictors such as cafine and nicotine, avoiding alcohol...etc.) II can't honestly say I'm "relying" on ANYTHING to "protect me from DCS." What other options do we have than to BELIEVE in the research findings that have led to modern tables, TRUST the technologies that have captured those tables in algorithmic form, DO "all the right things" and then...simply DIVE and ENJOY?
I don't understand the science fully either. We have no options but to trust the established tables. I didn't mean to suggest there is a problem with the tables, the tables have been experimentally validated and are quite safe.
I was trying to point out that some of the theory which inspired the math for the tables is false, and it is not safe to try to draw conclusions based on that. The tables as a whole are validated and safe, it is much less safe to "de-construct" the tables and try to draw conclusions based on 1 or a few compartments within the tables.