Originally Posted by
martinw
Dear ImanCarrot,
The people at New Scientist are getting lazy. That story about "brace position" and dental records goes back quite a few years......
Martin
He didn't say how old it was. If pubs are anything like Dentist's Waiting Rooms it might have been Issue #1.
I once sat in row four on a Jumbo and amused myself calculating how much time I would have to be aware of it flying into something solid. Given that human reaction is not much better than 100 milliseconds I concluded I would never be aware so I relaxed; and have ever since when flying.
An open mind is a virtue...so long as all the common sense has not leaked out.