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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by BeFlatXIII on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @10:35AM (#40977017)
What's your opinion of the copy machine polygraph scene from the opening of The Wire's final season?
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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by krferriter on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @12:26PM (#40977975)
That was a pretty accurate presentation of how polygraph machine testing works. The machine isn't doing anything useful in terms of determining if what is being said is true or not.
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