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Comment author: [deleted] 01 September 2011 02:43:44AM 4 points [-]

Actually, doing a bit of a look on Google, I can't back that up for cruise ship personnel, and it looks like there's some evidence in the other cases that it's due to stress factors. I retract the statement.

Comment author: Curiouskid 10 November 2011 01:00:27AM 0 points [-]

I originally thought you meant it was caused by stress and I still thought it was valid.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2011 03:30:23AM *  2 points [-]

Well, presumably being at sea in a non-stressful environment would have some chance of not causing that.

I'm not sure what such a thing really looks like, mind (luxury cruise passengers don't usually live on the boat long-term) or if it's feasible to talk about it within the space of current nautical engineering. I certainly have never been on a boat that didn't feel like a fairly controlled, sensitive environment in which one couldn't just relax without having to keep tabs on everything else, but my experience is limited to fishing, crabbing and similar boats, which are very high-stress environments if you're doing more than a quick excursion, especially in the waters I'm familiar with.