if you make yourself calm and lie it still detects it as truth
yes.
no
nope.
its based on what you believe is true. BELIEVE. not KNOW
SECOND!!
And maybe not, It depends on the person.
I really wouldn’t know.
Sometimes. My mom was an excellent lie detector.
Well, yes, but people who know more than I do say that they can be beaten. So that translates into a “No, not all of the time,” which is why they’re inadmissible in courts of law.
sometimes.
It depends. If you’re a liar, and you know what you’re doing? You can lie your way right through. But most people are much too vacuous to pass successfully.
no, I think they just measure how you react to a question and not every body is the same
no
not really
Nah.
accurate no…guidline, yes…
We need to improve the technology, maybe break the FM code.
no way
Top 20!
Dunno.
Here’s a good discussion of that. There’s a lot of scientific evidence that polygraph tests are far from 100% accurate.
No, they dont work because some people are pathological liars, meaning they truly believe their lies and a lie detector test goes by what you believe and how you feel.
I’m sure it works some of time, but peopl who are really cool under pressure can pass it.
No, some people are really calm when lying.
Uh no, I mean yes, no.
They must be, they are still used…
I wouldn’t know… <_<
but probably not.
no they just gage your sweat i think
Uh… honestly I’m the wrong person to ask.
They can be accurate, but all it does is measure how you are reacting as you say things. Theres a reason they aren’t used in court, though.
Eva.
not always.
nopee
NOPE
Not normally, if a person knows how to get around it they can throw it off. It all depends on how you control your body when you speak and all.
wow – you put this up within the last 5 – 10 minutes and there are already 40 comments. it almost feels like a contest to be one of the first people to comment on your questions.
and…
i do not think lie detectors are entirely accurate. after all, every detective show on TV teaches us that the evidence of a lie detector is not admissible in court.
yes
no once you start telling yourself something you will start believing it
Probably so for non-psychotic types.
not too much.
nope, because if you are nervous it ceaches it and prjects it as a lie. Besides, me and my friends are Expert liers, so a lie dectecter cant ceach that.
so its Talent agins Being Nervious.
!~nicole~!
not if i’m using it
No, because it doesn’t actually detect lies. It calculates whether or not you might be lying based on your body’s reaction to certain questions. Anyone can fool a lie detector with proper training.
lie detectors only say if one is lieing by their heart rate, respiration rate, and sweating rate on their fingertips. So no not really.
nope
No.
not too much.
I think it depends on how accomplished the liar is. I imagine it’d work on me – though depending on what kinds of questions were being asked, I might react even if I wasn’t lying.
Maybe, but there’s always room for error.
Not enough. There are too many other variables.
It’s half and half. Studies have shown that they’re about 50ish percent accurate (or at least, that’s what my psych book and psych prof said).
I’m not familar enough with the technology behind them to offer an opinion.
no
Accurate when tested on non-professional liars.
Decent, but I heard there are ways of getting around it. For example, inflicting pain on yourself might mess with the results.
No. Mind over matter. You can make yourself believe anything, even if it’s not true. Look at pathological liars!
no
No, I think they’re able to be fooled by people.
sometimes?
depends on the person.
How many people really have any experience with them? I don’t.
I’d venture to say that lie detector tests are similar to drug tests in that they can only measure part of the total physical reaction. For instance, if you drink orange juice, then it thinks you took drugs. If you aren’t sure about what to answer, or if love is involved, it will say you are lying.
Personally, I think I would convince myself that every answer I gave was a lie so that the real lie would go unnoticed…but I don’t have any proof that this would work, since I have never taken a lie detector test and don’t have any secrets that I would bend my morals to cover up.
Actually, not very. I learned in Psychology class. If someone’s physiological state is where it would if someone were lying, but for another reason, that person could be found to be lying even if they aren’t. Conversely, if someone is able calm themselves enough, then even if they are lying, they can be found to be telling the truth. Measurements of their reliability are all over the place, probably depending on the type of machine and people tested. Generally, they are inadmissable in courts because it can easily lead to someone getting off when they are guilty or someone who’s innocent getting locked up for life.
The wikipedia article on polygraph links to some good sites both for and against polygraph tests
no
Actually, not very. I learned in Psychology class. If someone’s physiological state is where it would if someone were lying, but for another reason, that person could be found to be lying even if they aren’t. Conversely, if someone is able calm themselves enough, then even if they are lying, they can be found to be telling the truth. Measurements of their reliability are all over the place, probably depending on the type of machine and people tested. Generally, they are inadmissable in courts because it can easily lead to someone getting off when they are guilty or someone who’s innocent getting locked up for life. …a lie detectot doesn’t actually detect lies, it detects physiological signs typically associated with lying.
It’s based on what you believe to be true, so that is not always necessarily the REAL truth.
nope
from what i hear nope
No, they detect blood pressure, heart rate and so forth. If someone is naturally a nervous person, or simply nervous or angry about having to take a polygraph, it could dramatically change the results – and not in their favour. Likewise, a seasoned, clear headed liar might have no problem taking a lie detector test because he knows how to stay calm while lying.
I don’t know. I do know, (or at least think I know) they won’t hold up in a court of law..or maybe I’ve read to many mystery novels.
no. they’re so easy to fool.
Maybe not???
nope.
Not really. People probably set off the signals just because they’re nervous so their heart rates are fast etc.
Don’t know, I guess they most be.
I don’t know. I’ve never used one.
ill theologian YOUR cafe.
eat my pussy bitch.
No. People may get just as nervous by being suspected enough to take a lie detector test as they would be by lying.
I have a question for here, where do I email it? =)
*A*
Nope
Absolutely not. They can be innacurate either way; if someone is very good at lying or does it all the time, they’ll be comfortable with doing it, and the machine will detect everything they say as truth; it’s made to detect how tense someone is. If they’re under pressure, like if they get easily stressed and whoever is asking the questions is scaring them, they’ll be tense and if they ask them if the sky is blue and they answer yes, the machine will bring it out as a lie. It all depends on how tense the subject is.
I would have no idea. Hopefully I will never find myself in a situation in which that question is tested.
No. Nerves, anxiety and fear can cause the same changes in blood pressure, heart rate and other readings as lying can. Really good interpreters can sometimes see subtle differences, but . . . who’s to say? I still don’t think they’re accurate.
I know of one innocent person who went to trial because she failed the lie detector test, and another guilty person who went free when he actually had committed the crime (When he was arrested months later for doing the same thing to someone else, he confessed to the earlier crime as well).
Eh *shrugs*
No. That is why most places do not accept them as stand-alone evidence. It simply records strong emotional reactions. Thus, if a question surprises you, it (the machine) will suggest you are lying.
Cause you can look at the emotional response to the question and work from there, i.e being nrvous or afraid
No. I’ve heard too many stories that say they’ve lied on them to have any faith.
Yes, I’m sure they’ve perfected that technology by now. It’s been around for a long time.
no…they base their results on heart rate…
what if you are nervous or something
you could be telling the truth but it says you aren’t
you are SCREWED
the problem is that people can block events out of their minds like they didnt happen so the lie detector may not catch it. butother than that i think they are pretty acurate.
my pulse races when I’m telling the truth too, so i don’t think i’d fare well
No, though they may be useful in developing leads.
No
Very accurate! I want to strap myself to one and answer any questions that my love might have in just just to prove to him I LOVE HIM MUCHO GRANDE!
Uhm.. in a way yes, but mostly no. It’s a machine :p They’re only so dependable.
Maybe as part of a larger investigation they could come in handy. I wouldn’t trust one by itself though. After all, O.J. passed a lie detector test (not that I’m saying I think he was guilty or anything… ).
yes and no, first, what IS true is entirely irrelevant, contrary to the belief of some comments i have read. its a lie detector not a knowledge detector. it is intended to let the interrogator know if the interrogatee is attempting to intentionaly decieve them. of course this is done by monitoring blood pressure, pulse, etc. to see if the person is showing signs of nervousness commonly associated with a lie(ie the fear of being caught). so if the person is under duress you can get a false “lie” and of course if a person can control their biosigns they can fool it. so yes, generaly accurate if used properly but like anything else not 100% dependable
They work better than asking “Are you surrre?”
It depends on the situation.
to a degree.
Hm. I am quite hesitant to enjoy this site. Nothing against you, Dan, but I can’t stand a crowd. Nevertheless, the name and the concept and everything about it is so thoroughly intriuging that I would enjoy it more than almost any other site if I weren’t one out of 250 commentors and God knows how many subscribers. I love thinking about these sorts of things. Any sorts of things! It isn’t philosophy by any stretch, but it seems to be the closest thing to it in this dayandage. It even sounds like a place I would like. The Theologian’s Cafe. It sounds secluded. A good place to bring a book that you won’t read because you’ll be too busy reflecting on your life.
But The Cafe is so crowded I can’t hear myself think. It’s more of a Theologians Convention with a Perpetual Concession Stand. I bet no one has taken that for a username yet.
It’s always been my policy to quietly sidle away whenever my favourite spot gets too noisy, and here I’ve found a place that has such marvelous potential as a favourite spot, and yet is already too noisy. It’s a shame, but I guess I’ll just sidle back to where I came from. It isn’t always terribly stimulating, but it’s home for now.
Signing in, and signing out, Sir Richard III, Earl of Worcestershire
actually, i think they finally proved that they weren’t.
yes
Parents are always better than machines.
Nope, people could be extremely nervous and fail, or extremely calm and pass.
Waht kind of lie detector ar eyou talking about? the human kind or the machine kind?
I can tell my kids arelieng usually before it spews out of their mouths! I can tell my husband is lieing by his body language.
Machines are faulty.
They have been proven to not be 100% accurate, and cannot be used for proof in court.
Most of the time, yes.
well, most of the time they’ve been pretty accurate. I think they may be able to have a few instances here and there where the thing goes haywire but that’s just because the thing’s a machine.
nope
Depends on the person. But in general, I wouldn’t rely on them for accuracy.
I don’t have an offical opinion, but i believe they can be manipulated by good self-control; or just believing whatever you say.
Side note, you make it super hard to say anything privately. I suggest posting your email for such.
In the meantime, i’d like to say that i’m interested to read you’re Southern Babtist; i didn’t know what to think until i read your info just now. Also, being the theologian that you are, what do you do when you get that feeling that all this knowledge is not actually what we’re supposed to be striving for, and that it might actually be holding us back?
Either way, keep on driving. I know we’re headed somewhere.
only 99.9% of the time
No, because they don’t detect if you’re lying…they detect your pulse and that sort of thing. You can be telling the truth but be nervous about being accused and it reads it as a lie.
no, not always
Most of the time.
Yes…but then this could all be a lie.
the nays have it.
not all the time…they can be.
mostly. You can beat them and they can give false positives, but for the most part they will detect when the person believes they are telling a lie
i think they can be bypassed easily.
they’re only like 50.1% accurate i think.
no way to be sure..thus I dont think we should lose them
I say no, because it has been proven that people have lied during the test and it was not detected.
You bet. My best girlfriend is a polygraph examiner, and she says there’s a clear cut answer on a good test… The problem comes when you get ambiguous results – there are a few people who are untestable due to medical conditions, drugs taken, etc. - a good test examiner knows when to say “inconclusive”. She’s testified many times in court. They’re not admissible to convict, but they can be admissible to help clear someone’s name.
It’s made by human hands- too many variables. Therefore, I think they are intermittently accurate. Blessings abound
Dan is on a roll with asking common people about things you’d have to be an expert to know. Way to go, Dan. Way to infate egos, and provide a common voice for all the people that have no idea what they’re saying!
nope.
Depends on the person.
No.
Sometimes
RYC: Thanks! I was sort of reminded of Loui Giglio’s video about “Significant Insignificance” where he talks about how small we are, how evil we are, how lost we are, and then spends the 2nd half of the talk marveling that GOD LOVES US! We’re so insignificant that we must find our significance in Him! We are truly fearfully and wonderfully made. Thanks for your insight, Dan!
In most cases, yes. If it’s Bill Clinton, just assume he’s lying.
not always. it depends on how much control a person has over himself when he lies. He could be totally comfortable when he is being questioned, so not that much heart and respiratory rate would change, If a person is so confident in what he’s saying, then he could get through the lie detector.
I would think they often are quite accurate maybe there’s more errors with the person who interprets the polygraph than the machine itself?
I’ve always wanted to know that. I have never taken a lie detector test.
they can be fooled.
im sure it has its flaws.
i think people are better lie detectors than machines… and i think that some people can control all of their reactions so well that machines cannot pick up their lies… but when all is said and done, i think lie detectors are fairly accurate
I don’t think so. Don’t they measure if a person really believes the answer he is giving? Many people go through a lot of trouble convincing themselves of the lie they are coming up with, to be better able to convince others. There are cons that are measured all the time. No, they can’t be accurate.
No clue.
i dunno….i know i wouldnt want to have to take one!
Fairly accurate, but ther’s the George Costanza factor. If you believe it’s true, it’s true.
Nope, I don’t think so.
OH MY GOSH, YOU DIDN’T SAY BUTT CRACK! Are you feeling okay?
Yes… No… Maybe… Damn, did I pass?
Lie detectors only show physical arousal, and about 70% of the time people get nervous when lying. Police are discouraged from using them as evidence in courts because of this.
sometimes. who can yes/no w/o qualification? impossible.
no
nope
No
Well, I really don’t believe lie detectors are accurate, but hey why worry about that when you have your whole life ahead of you?? Oh man!!! I just saw the new AFI music video for Miss Murder and it is flipping sweet!!!Indeed!!! Well you don’t know me, but I’m kinda new at this Xanga thing and I just happened 2 see your username thing and I thought 2 myself…..Hey I think I’ll leave this person a comment!!! Well have a lovely day!!
Peace, Tiffany
I love Coheed and Cambria!!!!
I don’t know anything about lie detectors but I would think that they would not be very accurate. Someone could fail it because of anxiety, etc.
No
Not so much. I read a study in my Psychology book where they found out that lie detectors say someone is lying when they’re not 30% of the time and say someone is telling the truth when they’re not 40% of the time. So I would really not depend on a lie detector.
not always
no.
i wouldnt know…i have a mother….as far as i know, those work more accurately….they always do.
Enough
I dont know you, but your always a featured content on the xanga page. Maybe you are a xanga person or whatever.
Anyway, I think that if your a good lier and you lie ….the lie detectors wont show your lieing, but if you know that your being tested and you dont lie and your just nervous it might appear that you are lieing when your not.
it depends on how nerveous the person is i think. lying can be a talent, some ppl can do it and others cant.
nope
No, they arn’t. Its proven too. I had a similar experience with the Lie Detector messing up my results.
No
To an extent…
they can be but sometimes they are not.
Hey Dan,
Oh very accurate….not on me of course….
Candy
no, they depend too much on how nervous the person being tested is. if the police cannot do a good job of intimidating the person, and said person remains calm throughout the interrogation, that person could easily lie without getting caught… at least in theory…
PROBABLY NOT… I WISH THEY WERE THO!!
> It depends on the issue at hand and the tech doing the reading. The average person cannot beat a lie detector, and they are only an indicator of truth or lie and not admisable in court, anyway. Sooooo……..
Peace
to a degree
i suppose they can.. but there’s always a way to out smart a system
Comments (185)
no
it goes by how you are feeling
if you make yourself calm and lie it still detects it as truth
yes.
no
nope.
its based on what you believe is true.
BELIEVE. not KNOW
SECOND!!
And maybe not, It depends on the person.
I really wouldn’t know.
Sometimes. My mom was an excellent lie detector.
Well, yes, but people who know more than I do say that they can be beaten. So that translates into a “No, not all of the time,” which is why they’re inadmissible in courts of law.
sometimes.
It depends.
If you’re a liar, and you know what you’re doing?
You can lie your way right through.
But most people are much too vacuous to pass successfully.
no, I think they just measure how you react to a question and not every body is the same
no
not really
Nah.
accurate no…guidline, yes…
We need to improve the technology, maybe break the FM code.
no way
Top 20!
Dunno.
Here’s a good discussion of that. There’s a lot of scientific evidence that polygraph tests are far from 100% accurate.
In case anyone is curious: http://people.howstuffworks.com/lie-detector.htm
No
No.
Most of the time
They can be.
NO.
no, it goes by heart rate, so you can fake it
for the most part, yes
No, they dont work because some people are pathological liars, meaning they truly believe their lies and a lie detector test goes by what you believe and how you feel.
I’m sure it works some of time, but peopl who are really cool under pressure can pass it.
No, some people are really calm when lying.
Uh no, I mean yes, no.
They must be, they are still used…
I wouldn’t know… <_<
but probably not.
no they just gage your sweat i think
Uh… honestly I’m the wrong person to ask.
They can be accurate, but all it does is measure how you are reacting as you say things. Theres a reason they aren’t used in court, though.
Eva.
not always.
nopee
NOPE
Not normally, if a person knows how to get around it they can throw it off. It all depends on how you control your body when you speak and all.
wow – you put this up within the last 5 – 10 minutes and there are already 40 comments. it almost feels like a contest to be one of the first people to comment on your questions.
and…
i do not think lie detectors are entirely accurate. after all, every detective show on TV teaches us that the evidence of a lie detector is not admissible in court.
yes
no once you start telling yourself something you will start believing it
Probably so for non-psychotic types.
not too much.
nope, because if you are nervous it ceaches it and prjects it as a lie. Besides, me and my friends are Expert liers, so a lie dectecter cant ceach that.
so its Talent agins Being Nervious.
!~nicole~!
not if i’m using it
No, because it doesn’t actually detect lies. It calculates whether or not you might be lying based on your body’s reaction to certain questions. Anyone can fool a lie detector with proper training.
lie detectors only say if one is lieing by their heart rate, respiration rate, and sweating rate on their fingertips. So no not really.
nope
No.
not too much.
I think it depends on how accomplished the liar is. I imagine it’d work on me – though depending on what kinds of questions were being asked, I might react even if I wasn’t lying.
Maybe, but there’s always room for error.
Not enough. There are too many other variables.
It’s half and half. Studies have shown that they’re about 50ish percent accurate (or at least, that’s what my psych book and psych prof said).
I’m not familar enough with the technology behind them to offer an opinion.
no
Accurate when tested on non-professional liars.
Decent, but I heard there are ways of getting around it. For example, inflicting pain on yourself might mess with the results.
No. Mind over matter. You can make yourself believe anything, even if it’s not true. Look at pathological liars!
no
No, I think they’re able to be fooled by people.
sometimes?
depends on the person.
How many people really have any experience with them? I don’t.
I’d venture to say that lie detector tests are similar to drug tests in that they can only measure part of the total physical reaction. For instance, if you drink orange juice, then it thinks you took drugs. If you aren’t sure about what to answer, or if love is involved, it will say you are lying.
Personally, I think I would convince myself that every answer I gave was a lie so that the real lie would go unnoticed…but I don’t have any proof that this would work, since I have never taken a lie detector test and don’t have any secrets that I would bend my morals to cover up.
Actually, not very. I learned in Psychology class.
If someone’s physiological state is where it would if someone were lying, but for another reason, that person could be found to be lying even if they aren’t.
Conversely, if someone is able calm themselves enough, then even if they are lying, they can be found to be telling the truth.
Measurements of their reliability are all over the place, probably depending on the type of machine and people tested.
Generally, they are inadmissable in courts because it can easily lead to someone getting off when they are guilty or someone who’s innocent getting locked up for life.
The wikipedia article on polygraph links to some good sites both for and against polygraph tests
no
Actually, not very. I learned in Psychology class.
If someone’s physiological state is where it would if someone were lying, but for another reason, that person could be found to be lying even if they aren’t.
Conversely, if someone is able calm themselves enough, then even if they are lying, they can be found to be telling the truth.
Measurements of their reliability are all over the place, probably depending on the type of machine and people tested.
Generally, they are inadmissable in courts because it can easily lead to someone getting off when they are guilty or someone who’s innocent getting locked up for life.
…a lie detectot doesn’t actually detect lies, it detects physiological signs typically associated with lying.
It’s based on what you believe to be true, so that is not always necessarily the REAL truth.
nope
from what i hear nope
No, they detect blood pressure, heart rate and so forth. If someone is naturally a nervous person, or simply nervous or angry about having to take a polygraph, it could dramatically change the results – and not in their favour. Likewise, a seasoned, clear headed liar might have no problem taking a lie detector test because he knows how to stay calm while lying.
I don’t know. I do know, (or at least think I know) they won’t hold up in a court of law..or maybe I’ve read to many mystery novels.
no. they’re so easy to fool.
Maybe not???
nope.
Not really. People probably set off the signals just because they’re nervous so their heart rates are fast etc.
Don’t know, I guess they most be.
I don’t know. I’ve never used one.
ill theologian YOUR cafe.
eat my pussy bitch.
No. People may get just as nervous by being suspected enough to take a lie detector test as they would be by lying.
I have a question for here, where do I email it? =)
*A*
Nope
Absolutely not. They can be innacurate either way; if someone is very good at lying or does it all the time, they’ll be comfortable with doing it, and the machine will detect everything they say as truth; it’s made to detect how tense someone is. If they’re under pressure, like if they get easily stressed and whoever is asking the questions is scaring them, they’ll be tense and if they ask them if the sky is blue and they answer yes, the machine will bring it out as a lie. It all depends on how tense the subject is.
I would have no idea. Hopefully I will never find myself in a situation in which that question is tested.
No. Nerves, anxiety and fear can cause the same changes in blood pressure, heart rate and other readings as lying can. Really good interpreters can sometimes see subtle differences, but . . . who’s to say? I still don’t think they’re accurate.
I know of one innocent person who went to trial because she failed the lie detector test, and another guilty person who went free when he actually had committed the crime (When he was arrested months later for doing the same thing to someone else, he confessed to the earlier crime as well).
Eh *shrugs*
No. That is why most places do not accept them as stand-alone evidence. It simply records strong emotional reactions. Thus, if a question surprises you, it (the machine) will suggest you are lying.
nope
I agree with Viccieanne
“accurate no…guidline, yes…”
Cause you can look at the emotional response to the question and work from there, i.e being nrvous or afraid
No. I’ve heard too many stories that say they’ve lied on them to have any faith.
Yes, I’m sure they’ve perfected that technology by now. It’s been around for a long time.
no…they base their results on heart rate…
what if you are nervous or something
you could be telling the truth but it says you aren’t
you are SCREWED
the problem is that people can block events out of their minds like they didnt happen so the lie detector may not catch it. butother than that i think they are pretty acurate.
my pulse races when I’m telling the truth too, so i don’t think i’d fare well
No, though they may be useful in developing leads.
No
Very accurate! I want to strap myself to one and answer any questions that my love might have in just just to prove to him I LOVE HIM MUCHO GRANDE!
Uhm.. in a way yes, but mostly no. It’s a machine :p They’re only so dependable.
Maybe as part of a larger investigation they could come in handy. I wouldn’t trust one by itself though. After all, O.J. passed a lie detector test (not that I’m saying I think he was guilty or anything…
).
yes and no, first, what IS true is entirely irrelevant, contrary to the belief of some comments i have read. its a lie detector not a knowledge detector. it is intended to let the interrogator know if the interrogatee is attempting to intentionaly decieve them. of course this is done by monitoring blood pressure, pulse, etc. to see if the person is showing signs of nervousness commonly associated with a lie(ie the fear of being caught). so if the person is under duress you can get a false “lie” and of course if a person can control their biosigns they can fool it. so yes, generaly accurate if used properly but like anything else not 100% dependable
They work better than asking “Are you surrre?”
It depends on the situation.
to a degree.
Hm. I am quite hesitant to enjoy this site. Nothing against you, Dan, but I can’t stand a crowd. Nevertheless, the name and the concept and everything about it is so thoroughly intriuging that I would enjoy it more than almost any other site if I weren’t one out of 250 commentors and God knows how many subscribers. I love thinking about these sorts of things. Any sorts of things! It isn’t philosophy by any stretch, but it seems to be the closest thing to it in this dayandage. It even sounds like a place I would like. The Theologian’s Cafe. It sounds secluded. A good place to bring a book that you won’t read because you’ll be too busy reflecting on your life.
But The Cafe is so crowded I can’t hear myself think. It’s more of a Theologians Convention with a Perpetual Concession Stand. I bet no one has taken that for a username yet.
It’s always been my policy to quietly sidle away whenever my favourite spot gets too noisy, and here I’ve found a place that has such marvelous potential as a favourite spot, and yet is already too noisy. It’s a shame, but I guess I’ll just sidle back to where I came from. It isn’t always terribly stimulating, but it’s home for now.
Signing in, and signing out,
Sir Richard III, Earl of Worcestershire
actually, i think they finally proved that they weren’t.
yes
Parents are always better than machines.
Nope, people could be extremely nervous and fail, or extremely calm and pass.
Waht kind of lie detector ar eyou talking about? the human kind or the machine kind?
I can tell my kids arelieng usually before it spews out of their mouths! I can tell my husband is lieing by his body language.
Machines are faulty.
They have been proven to not be 100% accurate, and cannot be used for proof in court.
Most of the time, yes.
well, most of the time they’ve been pretty accurate. I think they may be able to have a few instances here and there where the thing goes haywire but that’s just because the thing’s a machine.
nope
Depends on the person. But in general, I wouldn’t rely on them for accuracy.
I don’t have an offical opinion, but i believe they can be manipulated by good self-control; or just believing whatever you say.
Side note, you make it super hard to say anything privately. I suggest posting your email for such.
In the meantime, i’d like to say that i’m interested to read you’re Southern Babtist; i didn’t know what to think until i read your info just now. Also, being the theologian that you are, what do you do when you get that feeling that all this knowledge is not actually what we’re supposed to be striving for, and that it might actually be holding us back?
Either way, keep on driving. I know we’re headed somewhere.
only 99.9% of the time
No, because they don’t detect if you’re lying…they detect your pulse and that sort of thing. You can be telling the truth but be nervous about being accused and it reads it as a lie.
no, not always
Most of the time.
Yes…but then this could all be a lie.
the nays have it.
not all the time…they can be.
mostly. You can beat them and they can give false positives, but for the most part they will detect when the person believes they are telling a lie
i think they can be bypassed easily.
they’re only like 50.1% accurate i think.
no way to be sure..thus I dont think we should lose them
I say no, because it has been proven that people have lied during the test and it was not detected.
You bet. My best girlfriend is a polygraph examiner, and she says there’s a clear cut answer on a good test… The problem comes when you get ambiguous results – there are a few people who are untestable due to medical conditions, drugs taken, etc. - a good test examiner knows when to say “inconclusive”. She’s testified many times in court. They’re not admissible to convict, but they can be admissible to help clear someone’s name.
It’s made by human hands- too many variables. Therefore, I think they are intermittently accurate. Blessings abound
Dan is on a roll with asking common people about things you’d have to be an expert to know. Way to go, Dan. Way to infate egos, and provide a common voice for all the people that have no idea what they’re saying!
nope.
Depends on the person.
No.
Sometimes
RYC: Thanks! I was sort of reminded of Loui Giglio’s video about “Significant Insignificance” where he talks about how small we are, how evil we are, how lost we are, and then spends the 2nd half of the talk marveling that GOD LOVES US! We’re so insignificant that we must find our significance in Him! We are truly fearfully and wonderfully made.
Thanks for your insight, Dan!
In most cases, yes. If it’s Bill Clinton, just assume he’s lying.
not always. it depends on how much control a person has over himself when he lies. He could be totally comfortable when he is being questioned, so not that much heart and respiratory rate would change, If a person is so confident in what he’s saying, then he could get through the lie detector.
I would think they often are quite accurate
maybe there’s more errors with the person who interprets the polygraph than the machine itself?
I’ve always wanted to know that. I have never taken a lie detector test.
they can be fooled.
im sure it has its flaws.
i think people are better lie detectors than machines… and i think that some people can control all of their reactions so well that machines cannot pick up their lies… but when all is said and done, i think lie detectors are fairly accurate
I don’t think so. Don’t they measure if a person really believes the answer he is giving? Many people go through a lot of trouble convincing themselves of the lie they are coming up with, to be better able to convince others. There are cons that are measured all the time. No, they can’t be accurate.
No clue.
i dunno….i know i wouldnt want to have to take one!
Fairly accurate, but ther’s the George Costanza factor. If you believe it’s true, it’s true.
Nope, I don’t think so.
OH MY GOSH, YOU DIDN’T SAY BUTT CRACK! Are you feeling okay?
Yes… No… Maybe… Damn, did I pass?
Lie detectors only show physical arousal, and about 70% of the time people get nervous when lying. Police are discouraged from using them as evidence in courts because of this.
Are you actually a theology major?
isn’t it proven that they’re not always accurate?
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No
yes, but with some exceptions
sometimes but not all the time.
sometimes. who can yes/no w/o qualification? impossible.
no
nope
No
Well, I really don’t believe lie detectors are accurate, but hey why worry about that when you have your whole life ahead of you?? Oh man!!! I just saw the new AFI music video for Miss Murder and it is flipping sweet!!!Indeed!!! Well you don’t know me, but I’m kinda new at this Xanga thing and I just happened 2 see your username thing and I thought 2 myself…..Hey I think I’ll leave this person a comment!!! Well have a lovely day!!
Peace, Tiffany
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I don’t know anything about lie detectors but I would think that they would not be very accurate. Someone could fail it because of anxiety, etc.
No
Not so much. I read a study in my Psychology book where they found out that lie detectors say someone is lying when they’re not 30% of the time and say someone is telling the truth when they’re not 40% of the time. So I would really not depend on a lie detector.
not always
no.
i wouldnt know…i have a mother….as far as i know, those work more accurately….they always do.
Enough
I dont know you, but your always a featured content on the xanga page. Maybe you are a xanga person or whatever.
Anyway, I think that if your a good lier and you lie ….the lie detectors wont show your lieing, but if you know that your being tested and you dont lie and your just nervous it might appear that you are lieing when your not.
it depends on how nerveous the person is i think. lying can be a talent, some ppl can do it and others cant.
nope
No, they arn’t. Its proven too. I had a similar experience with the Lie Detector messing up my results.
No
To an extent…
they can be but sometimes they are not.
Hey Dan,
Oh very accurate….not on me of course….
Candy
no, they depend too much on how nervous the person being tested is. if the police cannot do a good job of intimidating the person, and said person remains calm throughout the interrogation, that person could easily lie without getting caught… at least in theory…
PROBABLY NOT… I WISH THEY WERE THO!!
> It depends on the issue at hand and the tech doing the reading. The average person cannot beat a lie detector, and they are only an indicator of truth or lie and not admisable in court, anyway. Sooooo……..
Peace
to a degree
i suppose they can.. but there’s always a way to out smart a system
man fuck ya shit
yes
I dunno.