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Wouldn't being underwater make you slower just due to the extra resistance of water vs air?

• eru 3y ago
  Just being submerged in the water is probably what they mean by 'at the surface'. The resistance shouldn't change much whether you are 30cm in the water or 30m.
  • tonyarkles 3y ago
    Yeah, apologies, we did the first round about 6 feet below the surface. For me, at least, the resistance wouldn't have made a huge difference anyway; while some people suffer from nitrogen narcosis and don't realize it, I definitely felt mentally "slow" while doing the test at depth. It was frustrating knowing that, 15 minutes earlier, the task felt easy but at depth it felt really mentally challenging. While I was only about 20% slower, the qualitative mental effort was drastically higher.