Sometimes the block is just your level of comfort? Sometimes working at things makes you more comfortable? This doesn't seem damning at all. He did not almost d

Sometimes the block is just your level of comfort? Sometimes working at things makes you more comfortable? This doesn't seem damning at all. He did not almost drown -- he had both a swim coach and a lifeguard in the immediate vicinity. Do I believe that he thinks he almost drowned? Yes, but does that matter? If MIT does treat its students this way -- let them approach failure with a safety net waiting -- then they're certainly doing better than many other universities.