Magnetic wormhole created for first time

Re:Magnetic wormhole created for first time by duaneb on Thursday September 03, 2015 @02:02PM (#10166535)

Also, IIRC from "lying experts", there is no such thing as an objective lie. If you have no anxiety about the lie (I think I was reading about Lance Armstrong on this), or you don't think you're lying, you can easily pass a polygraph test.

You can habituate your brain to follow certain patterns even if you do know you're lying. I suspect there will never be a "magic lie detector" with any reliability for people who understand what is happening or take preventative measures.

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Re:Magnetic wormhole created for first time by ethbro on Thursday September 03, 2015 @02:13PM (#10166601)

I heard similar and figured it was a signal to noise problem. In that it was impossible to reliably eliminate false positives (the anxiety of someone normal being polygraphed) while still detecting trained liars (who minimize their anxiety while still lying).

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