Comments on: Yikes! LASIK Surgery Blurred By Temperature, Humidity http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-4-22-17344-7371.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rickyjames http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-4-22-17344-7371.html/comment-page-1#comment-2994 rickyjames Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:20:51 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=1924#comment-2994 I laughed out loud when I read this.  You should do a movie script of this, it's too good a premise to pass up.  Now, the catch is that the cockpit door is locked, they've dropped the key to unlock it from the inside, and they can't see / find it... I laughed out loud when I read this.  You should do a movie script of this, it’s too good a premise to pass up.  Now, the catch is that the cockpit door is locked, they’ve dropped the key to unlock it from the inside, and they can’t see / find it…

]]> By: jxliv7 http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-4-22-17344-7371.html/comment-page-1#comment-2213 jxliv7 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:40:08 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=1924#comment-2213 .<br>...what the effects of LASIK are on pilots or anyone that flies?<p>"This is your captain speaking. We're cruising at 37,000 feet. The copilot and I recently had LASIK surgury and we're slowing going blind. Is there a pilot in first class or coach who would like to upgrade? We need somebody to fly this puppy to Houston..." .
…what the effects of LASIK are on pilots or anyone that flies?

“This is your captain speaking. We’re cruising at 37,000 feet. The copilot and I recently had LASIK surgury and we’re slowing going blind. Is there a pilot in first class or coach who would like to upgrade? We need somebody to fly this puppy to Houston…”

]]> By: Drifter855 http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-4-22-17344-7371.html/comment-page-1#comment-1152 Drifter855 Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:20:32 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=1924#comment-1152 I remember when I read "Into Thin Air", a book about the Mt. Everest disaster in the 90s, there was a guy named Beck Weathers. He had laser surgery, and when they got into the upper altitudes he slowly went temporarily blind. I remember it had something to do with the low air pressure, I think it caused his eyes to swell. So don't get LASIK if you want to climb Everest! :D I remember when I read “Into Thin Air”, a book about the Mt. Everest disaster in the 90s, there was a guy named Beck Weathers. He had laser surgery, and when they got into the upper altitudes he slowly went temporarily blind. I remember it had something to do with the low air pressure, I think it caused his eyes to swell.

So don’t get LASIK if you want to climb Everest! :D

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