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Too bad polygraphs are pseudoscience. http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/225/do-polygraphs-lie-detectors-work http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questi
by aestra 13y ago
Too bad polygraphs are pseudoscience.
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/225/do-polygraphs-lie-detectors-work http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/225/do-polygraph...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph
- dandelany 13y agoToo bad the kind of people who give polygraphs to root out and fire the gay people in their company don't give a shit about the science (or lack thereof) of polygraph tests.
- drdaeman 13y agoWelcome to Russia. Even army, schools and universities use quackery like polygraphs and Voll/Schimmel EAP to "detect drug users." - http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffunction.mil.ru%2Fnews_page%2Fcountry%2Fmore.htm%3Fid%3D11767532%40egNews http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=... - http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fskn.gov.ru%2Fincludes%2Fperiodics%2Freview%2F2011%2F0426%2F055812379%2Fdetail.shtml http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=... (no direct link to paragraph, search for "Voll")
- varjag 13y agoWell, polygraphs, while not providing undeniable proofs, give statistically significant results. U.S. govt agencies use them widely as part of security clearance.