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It sounds like you're arguing that a lie detector only detects lies that the subject considers "meaningful". So now you have two problems: Detecting whether a
by jpmattia 8y ago
It sounds like you're arguing that a lie detector only detects lies that the subject considers "meaningful".
So now you have two problems: Detecting whether a subject believes a particular topic is "meaningful", and then detecting whether they are lying about it.
- abandonliberty 8y agoYou're kind of missing the point of the book: "Polygraphy is not science." It's an interrogation technique.
- jpmattia 8y agoI think interrogators are missing the point: If your interrogation technique can't even produce information that is verifiably correct, then why on earth would you believe any information produced that is non-verifiable?