• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 day ago

    Now lie detectors don’t work at all…

    Meh, they do work. They just measure stress response, not truthfulness. The idea being that you’ll have a heightened stress response to a question you are lying about the answer to, which may or may not be accurate depending on individual and situation.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      So they don’t work. They’re nothing more than pseudo-science gobbled up by “Truth, Justice, And The American Way” boomers who also watch NCIS and cheer when they blow up the bad guys on the big screen.