As you can see in the video (excellent resource by the way) Ms. Neillson, granddaughter of the steersman who supposedly turned the wrong way, The steersman had plenty of experience in the new system of navigation and therefore would not have made the mistake of turning the wrong way. I'll speculate that it is in times of stress (you know, like when you're heading straight for an iceberg) that we tend to forget our new training and return to our previous and better-learned methods. So it's still a good example of proactive interference.
However, I'll admit it's possible that either Ms. Patton is retelling an untrue story because her grandmother was trying to protect the reputation of the grandfather, or Ms. Neillson will soon tell her own story because her grandparents want to protect their reputations (no one, understandably, wants to be blamed for the disaster). Which makes it an excellent example of protecting one's self-esteem. ;) Michael Britt [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > Awesome! The update on the NYT story is the scene showing the moment of > steering from the Titanic movie. That's evidence you can trust (not so much)! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:08 AM, "Allen Esterson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Update on the great Titanic controversy: >> >> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/author-claims-steering-error-sank-the-titanic/ >> >> Allen Esterson >> Former lecturer, Science Department >> Southwark College, London >> [email protected] >> http://www.esterson.org >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=5116 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-5116-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=5118 > or send a blank email to > leave-5118-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5120 or send a blank email to leave-5120-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
