Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted

Re:Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted by blackflame7000 on Monday July 29, 2019 @07:03PM (#20560397)

"as much as US$60,000 each. The Iraqi government is said to have spent £52 million on the devices" - Wow and no one thought hey let's test this baby out before we buy a thousand of them?

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Re:Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted by daveFNbuck on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:11AM (#20562281)

They did test them. Dowsing rods work very well in unblinded tests. That's a big part of why so many people believe in dowsing.

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Re:Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted by throwaway344534 on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @11:32AM (#20565805)

I'm gonna have to call BS on that. Finding water accidentally is astronomically more likely than finding a bomb.

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Re:Why Lie Detector Tests Can’t Be Trusted by daveFNbuck on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:14AM (#20571675)

Unblinded tests mean that the tester knows where the bomb is. Imagine you have a bomb on a table. Someone brings a bomb detector over and when they point it at the bomb, it indicates that a bomb is detected. Point it away, and it stops. This is a very convincing demonstration if you don't suspect shenanigans.

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