• killea@lemmy.world
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    Gee I sure am glad polygraph tests are proven lie detectors and have no issues whatsoever! It’s almost like hearing someone mention phrenology now.

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      I mean, they’re fascists. They’re almost certainly into full-on eugenics, let alone phrenology!

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      And it’s almost like, those who have been trained and operate within military and intelligence are the best at compartmentalizing information, making it really easy to beat those… Almost like it.

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      Honeypots / web traffic monitoring can work though

      Everyone Googling “beat polygraph” gonna be in doo doo!

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    It’s pseudoscience. Lie detectors aren’t real. They don’t work.

    They can pay me to come in and read palms and do tarot readings. Probably more accurate.

    Idiots.

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      I have some chicken bones left over from last nights dinner. For only $1000 a head I’ll throw them on the ground and tell you all about someone.

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    Yes, they know polygraphs are inconclusive, this is obviously about systemic harassment and abuse. It’s part of the purge.

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      They filed charges a few years on a guy who wrote a book on how to beat them. If they did that then they know they can be manipulated. If they can be fooled then they are useless. I read a article several years ago that stated the first scientist the US government hired to study them concluded it was pseudo science. They were fired and replaced by a group that concluded they worked. No surprise there.

      I can’t find the article to match up with that statement anymore but there are plenty studies debunking them. I want one to play with. I can to a certain extent manipulate my heart rate. I found this out when I had a heart attack. They hook me up almost every time I go in the hospital which I’ve been back three times. I can alter my heart rate to slow down and speed up enough make it alarm. I can also control my blood pressure if I’m in the right frame of mind. If I can do that I’m sure I could manipulate a polygraph. I want to be able to write my name with one.

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      Something tells me counterintelligence technicians who operate polygraph equipment lean pretty heavily on the conservative/MAGA side. Maybe not MAGA, but definitely conservative.

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        I mean, they know they’re snake oil salesman… So there’s a good chance you’re right. Then again, it’s very easy to befriend a MAGAt. Be white, complain about immigrants and Brown people. You pass their sniff test. Then once they trust you, use it to your fullest advantage.

        MAGAts love to think that everyone secretly agrees with them, which will ultimately be their downfall. Not even 30% of white Americans under 50 are MAGAts. And those are the people that have guns, can soldier, and can easily gain trust.

        accidents happen all the time. A stove burner gets left on, and HVAC exhaust pipe gets blocked, etc.

        Oh, and you’re already seeing this. That’s why all the recent mass shootings/targeted killings have been perpetrated by MAGAts. They aren’t a cohesive force. They don’t even know friend from foe

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    There’s a book, written by s former “operator” of a polygraph. The book speaks of the machines EXTREME limitations, and also explains how one would screw up the results.

    But, despite the uselessness of the machine, they’re just looking for people with the wrong politics. Plain and simple.

    Plly is a pretext for asking “questions”

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    This is just about removing everyone they don’t like because there was a spike on the e-meter Polygraphs don’t work as well as people think.