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> they've gotten innocent men in trouble. There's a very real probability that the polygraph can say you're lying even when you're not lying. This is because t
by ihsw 13y ago
> they've gotten innocent men in trouble. There's a very real probability that the polygraph can say you're lying even when you're not lying.
This is because the polygraph doesn't measure incidents of lies, but it measures fear. Fear of wrongful conviction can be interpreted as lying, which is how it has gotten innocent people (not just men!) in trouble.
- DennisP 13y agoProbably the mere fact that you've spent a lot of money on anti-polygraph training does a lot to reduce that fear, regardless of what techniques you were taught.