4 ms·
There's probably a heckuva natural experiment enabled by this change. By surveying pot usage and comparing it with earlier responses during lie detector exams,
by mrandish 3y ago
There's probably a heckuva natural experiment enabled by this change. By surveying pot usage and comparing it with earlier responses during lie detector exams, it may be possible to tease out about how many people were confident they could consistently beat the polygraph (probably because they knew or suspected polygraphs don't work).
It could generate more data to finally help prove that polygraphs, which largely rely on subjects believing they work, are pointless because so many people already know they don't.
- oh_sigh 3y agoPeople who previously lied about usage probably won't admit it now, because lying in itself, regardless of reason, is grounds for losing your security clearance.