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> When she was asked to tell a lie, she would tell the truth. When she was asked to tell the truth, she would lie. She manipulated her breathing, balled her han
by caaqil 5y ago
> When she was asked to tell a lie, she would tell the truth. When she was asked to tell the truth, she would lie. She manipulated her breathing, balled her hands into fists against the chair, and pressed her feet hard against the floor, causing her hands to sweat and her blood pressure to spike. The polygraph test was inadmissible.
This is a tangent but it's mind-boggling that this piece of pseudoscientific garbage [1][2][3] is still used by supposedly legitimate government agencies.
[1]: https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/polygraph https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/polygraph
[2]: https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph
[3]: https://www.nap.edu/read/10420/chapter/5#101 https://www.nap.edu/read/10420/chapter/5#101
- elahieh 5y agoPolygraphs are the "fan death" of America.
- albatrosstrophy 5y agoThat's the perfect analogy I could never think of.
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- serverlessmom 5y agoI was thinking that too. It's really wild to me how much of the technology we allow courts to rely on is totally unreliable and fake.
- acatton 5y agoI have no opinion on Rittenhouse, but I watched his trial as a non-American for the show. It was mind-boggling, to me, the argument on the iPad zooming feature[1]. This was three people — with no technical knowledge at all — arguing about a technology which, ultimately, could influence the rest of the life of a fourth person… How often does this happen and is not recorded by a camera?! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf7xCMFBv5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf7xCMFBv5c
- mcv 5y agoEspecially the "I have no idea what I'm talking about, but you should take my argument seriously anyway" that the defense started with in that video. The prosecution should have eviscerated that argument.
- kingcharles 5y agoHaving spent many years in court, this shit happens all the time. Experts will testify to some incredible bullshit, and even in the face of objections by the defense, the judge will often be technically bamboozled and allow the bullshit to stand. Almost all lawyers and judges that I've met have no computer expertise.