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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:16 PM Sep 2018

With regard to any possible "lie detector tests" being used to determine the author of the NYT

op-ed, "many are saying" that polygraph examiners are predicting that most of the polygraph machines now in use would likely either melt or burst into flames if they were turned on while within 100 feet of Donald Trump.

Don't know if that is true or not, but that's what a lot of people---fine Americans---are saying.

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With regard to any possible "lie detector tests" being used to determine the author of the NYT (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2018 OP

Keep in mind that lie detector tests are essentially PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #1

And very few, if any, courts accept them as evidence. However, if you're the kind of asshole... TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,894 posts)

1. Keep in mind that lie detector tests are essentially

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:20 PM

Sep 2018

worthless. For some reason they've become enshrined as valid in this country. Other countries don't use them.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. And very few, if any, courts accept them as evidence. However, if you're the kind of asshole...

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:36 PM

Sep 2018

who can't think further than your pinkie, lie detectors always sounds like a good idea.

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