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itachi15243 posted...

Not really. Too people who have the time, skill, and modern knowledge of the titanic to think of a third solution that involves going against what would seem like common knowledge and risking your life jacket isn't really the same as two people actively freezing to death while trying to think of a solution in 1912. >.>

I get that it is more than likely that they could have both survived if they did, but it doesn't seem like either of them would have actuallyrisked trying that.

No, they did debunk it.
The myth wasn't "Why did the characters choose to do this?". The myth was them both dying if they were both using the door. A thing that Cameron himself said.
He didn't try to explain it away using history, character justifications and the like as you are doing, he just said "nope, both dead".