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Space/Science » in reply to R.L. ignores his own posts

Technically, that wasn't a flame
SDAI-Tech1 — (archived)

It was just a classic textbook example of RLs ongoing bout with altitude sickness and the psychology involved with it. Paranoia and hysteria are just some of the observed symptoms. Any RL thread is bound to be chock-full of such insights on how over-oxygenated or under oxygenated blood influences the brain, judgement and creates a mentality that is irritable to the extreme.

It's actually quite sad the observatory doesn't take better care of their staff who spend more hours at that extreme elevation and watch out for this sort of thing. The macho nature of most high-altitude employees is, "I'm ok. I'm already acclimated" --this when it's apparent to everyone else that there is serious impairment. The cheap nature of the observatory means they dont want to cough up the dollars for the machines which balance the level of oxygen in a facility and compensate for the reduced density of the atmosphere at their elevation. OF course if RL mentions something then it's like "Fine. You're fired. We'll hire someone else who can handle it." Naturally, such just propagates the problem.

So can't you see it Keith? Behind that self-righteousness, paranoia, obnoxiousness, fixation with accomplishment and tenacious inanity, RL is really a... victim.

;-)

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