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Titan crew said 'all good here' before submersible imploded (www.bbc.com)

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Explosive decompression is almost instantaneous at that depth. They wouldn't have had a chance to even blink.

[-] qfe0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago

Implosive compression?

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't it have happened so fast that they never even registered the pain of being crushed? Like, the signal from the body never even reached the brain, it was so fast.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

So fast they'd not even be able to register what was happening. Not a bad way to go.

[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I'll take dying in my sleep for 100 Alex.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

No joke, I was in the hospital with a heart attack back in January, waiting on my stent.

Woke up at 6 AM and was fiddling on my phone such as you do. Nurse comes in:

"Were you asleep about an hour ago?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Your heart stopped for 8 seconds."

"Um... thank you? I'm not sure what to do with that information..."

[-] Supervivens@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I never really got the “heart stop = dead” thing like yes, if you’re heart stops you’re going to die, but even when someone is beheaded, they are still conscious enough for a few seconds to blink their eyes in response to questions. It’s when the electrical signals in your brain stop that you’re actually dead, not your heart.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Yup! I love the whole pro life "abortion stops a beating heart!" thing. The heart doesn't really mean much, you can make a heart beat in a petrie dish, that doesn't make it "alive".

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/02/stem-cell-research-heart-disease-long-qt