I'm sure someone brought this up before already, but since I haven't come across much discussion of it in the other threads, I thought I'd post it here...
It has been stated over and over that there was absolutely nothing more to be learned from this attempt, the relevant science has already been known for decades, that this outcome was completely 100% predictable, and yet, as someone pointed out, the number of posts and the temperature of the discussion for months before the attempt was nothing compared to what it has been over just the past two days.
Somehow, the scuba community as a whole has suffered from collective paralysis, and everyone has been watching this train wreck unfold in slow motion.
Of course, maybe there's nothing that could have been done, and if so, then so be it... but, on the off chance that anything could have been done, after all, would it be productive at all to explore this question?
Note that I'm not implying that anyone besides this person bears responsibility for what happened, just wondering whether anything could've been done, or done differently, to prevent it.
Thanks!
It has been stated over and over that there was absolutely nothing more to be learned from this attempt, the relevant science has already been known for decades, that this outcome was completely 100% predictable, and yet, as someone pointed out, the number of posts and the temperature of the discussion for months before the attempt was nothing compared to what it has been over just the past two days.
Somehow, the scuba community as a whole has suffered from collective paralysis, and everyone has been watching this train wreck unfold in slow motion.
Of course, maybe there's nothing that could have been done, and if so, then so be it... but, on the off chance that anything could have been done, after all, would it be productive at all to explore this question?
Note that I'm not implying that anyone besides this person bears responsibility for what happened, just wondering whether anything could've been done, or done differently, to prevent it.
Thanks!
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