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That's an interesting perspective. I've never considered polygraphs to be beyond anything more than a fancy stress meter (cause be damned), but now that I thin
by eksith 13y ago
That's an interesting perspective.
I've never considered polygraphs to be beyond anything more than a fancy stress meter (cause be damned), but now that I think about it, it does function quite well as such an instrument.
Goes so well as a corollary too: "If you've got nothing to hide, you wouldn't mind some mild torture to verify that fact".
- ihsw 13y agoI'm quite serious when I say torture, it's as much punitive as it is deterrence, both of which are irrelevant to conducting an investigation and gathering evidence of wrong-doing. It's not practical because it's impossible to deny polygraph test results, so law enforcement officers have no incentive to be truthful about the results.