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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by lordnacho on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @02:14PM (#40978878)
Don't scientology go around with a similarly fake device?
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Re:The All-American Delusion of the Polygraph by UncleSlacky on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @02:47PM (#40979148)
Yes, the "E-meter" is a primitive form of lie-detector equipment:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dianetics#E-Meter

"Basically it is a simple ohmmeter that measures galvanic skin response (electronic resistance of the skin), somewhat similar to a polygraph; the user (the "preclear") provides one of the elements in a Wheatstone bridge."

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