The truth about lie detectors ...

Jimbuna · 05-24-07, 07:28 AM

It should be obligatory for everyone (politicians) at Westminster

Oberon · 05-24-07, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It should be obligatory for everyone (politicians) at Westminster

It'd empty out the House of Lords and the House of Commons pretty quick!

Jimbuna · 05-24-07, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It should be obligatory for everyone (politicians) at Westminster

It'd empty out the House of Lords and the House of Commons pretty quick!

But think of the money we'd have to spend on the needy

SUBMAN1 · 05-24-07, 10:37 AM

I always knew lie detector tests were inaccurate, but I never knew they were this bad:

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Just how bad?

The Academy researchers even provided a pertinent example for the Feds. Given the modern polygraph's strengths, the machine could uncover 8 out of 10 spies working at, say, a national atomic laboratory with 10,000 hypothetical employees. Sounds good, but the detection comes at the price of finding 1,600 innocent employees guilty of spying. While about 8,400 good employees would pass the test, 1,600 careers would be ruined.

Heibges · 05-24-07, 12:02 PM

And Adlrich Ames passed many polygraph tests, as he destroyed our intelligence operations in the Soviet Union.

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Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	And Adlrich Ames passed many polygraph tests, as he destroyed our intelligence operations in the Soviet Union. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/