Re:A Solution to Hackers? More Hackers
by rurban on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:09PM
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We have the same issues with polygraph tests as with traditional witch tests:
* swimming test (aka trial by water): throw them chained into water. a witch would stay afloat, an innocent would sink like a stone.
* prayer test: witches cannot speak scriptures aloud, without making mistakes or omissions. but even if you can it was a devil's trick.
* touch test: victims of sorcery would have a special reaction to physical contact with their evildoer
* witch cake: In cases of mysterious illness or possession, witch-hunters would take a sample of the victim’s urine, mix it with rye-meal and ashes and bake it into a cake. This stomach-turning concoction was then fed to a dog—the “familiars,” or animal helpers, of witches, and would spell out the name. It worked with well in Salem, as knowledge of the recipe led to the conviction then.
* witch marks: numb and insensitive to pain. Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores, supernumerary nipples and tattoos could all qualify.
* swimming test (aka trial by water): throw them chained into water. a witch would stay afloat, an innocent would sink like a stone.
* prayer test: witches cannot speak scriptures aloud, without making mistakes or omissions. but even if you can it was a devil's trick.
* touch test: victims of sorcery would have a special reaction to physical contact with their evildoer
* witch cake: In cases of mysterious illness or possession, witch-hunters would take a sample of the victim’s urine, mix it with rye-meal and ashes and bake it into a cake. This stomach-turning concoction was then fed to a dog—the “familiars,” or animal helpers, of witches, and would spell out the name. It worked with well in Salem, as knowledge of the recipe led to the conviction then.
* witch marks: numb and insensitive to pain. Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores, supernumerary nipples and tattoos could all qualify.
* Pricking and Scratching Tests on these marks.
* Incantations: very similar to a polygraph test
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-bizarre-witch-tr...
They all worked extremely well over hundreds of years.