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Question: opinion of polygraphs
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I always believe them, is there a reason not to?		  
#2
they work enough for me (at least this month)		  
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I usually think they work, but not this month		  
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they are good for getting dumb/ignorant people to admit guilt, basically worthless otherwise		  
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I just don't believe that they do what they claim to do		  
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I don't like any of these answers, my views on the polygraph are all over the place		  
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dead0man
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« on: October 03, 2018, 07:37:10 AM »
The correct answer is the fourth one.
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2018, 09:14:26 AM »
Quote from: dead0man on October 03, 2018, 07:37:10 AM
The correct answer is the fourth one.
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2018, 11:08:56 AM »
A good money source for former law enforcement who like intimidating people with wiggly lines and sleights of hand.  Should be done away with.
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2018, 12:54:44 PM »
There's a good reason it's inadmissible.
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2018, 09:15:17 PM »
All they do is measure heart rate.
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2018, 12:20:22 AM »
They're good for measuring nervousness, but lousy at indicating why.
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2018, 12:44:44 AM »
theres a polygraph club at my university its ppl who speak lots of languages so i mean i trust them if they are saying what they mean but if they are trying to trick anyone then no but also ive never heard of them being tricking anyone so i have no reason not to.
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2018, 04:38:55 AM »
Lately, a nice little counter example for the "conservatives are anti-science" crowd.
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2018, 05:32:12 AM »
Quote from: DC Al Fine on October 04, 2018, 04:38:55 AM
Lately, a nice little counter example for the "conservatives are anti-science" crowd.
that's (obviously) what gave me the idea for this.  I had assumed that everybody (that isn't a moron) knew polygraphs were BS, but there was Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar (who should know better than most people, being prosecutors) trotting it out there as some sort of proof of something.  It was all very weird and like the Swetnik thing, does damage to the picture the Dems are trying to paint here.
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2018, 08:24:43 AM »
They're useless, and a hardened criminal who knows how to keep their nerves down is much more likely to pass than an innocent person still dealing with the shock of being arrested and accused of a crime.
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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2018, 09:39:39 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2018, 02:12:04 PM »
I don't know.
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« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2018, 01:33:38 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2018, 05:29:15 PM »
Generally good enough to prove almost anything to a preponderance of evidence standard when no other evidence exists, but still way too unreliable to justify any use whatsoever.
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« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2018, 05:59:54 PM »
Clench a lot and it fuqs the measurements up.
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