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Old February 20, 2014, 09:49 PM   #117
Frank Ettin
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Originally Posted by Snyper
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As anyone who has done some shoothouse, simulator or force-on-force exercises would know, one wants a full field of vision when moving through an area in which there could be threats.
It doesn't matter what you have done....
An expected response from someone lacking experience who does not know what he doesn't know. And an excellent example of the Dunning–Kruger effect:
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The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate....
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Originally Posted by Snyper
...Hold three fingers directly in front of your nose and look around...
This isn't about quietly sitting in your easy chair in front of the TV with your fingers in front of your face. This is about moving with a gun through an environment in which there may or may not be someone who wants to kill you. The threat, if there is one, could be anywhere; and there could even be more than one. Your survival will depend on your ability to instantly see a possible threat, identify it as a threat and take appropriate action.

You're welcome to try that while holding three fingers in front of your nose. I don't think I will.
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