Michael Shermer Tests the Polygraph and Lie Detection Part 1
May 31, 2009 | Author: admin | Category: forex trading systems
Can the polygraph machine really scientifically measure if someone is lying, or are all those graphs and numbers just pseudoscience in the service of law enforcement? Can we tell if someone is lying to us by their body language or facial expressions? Michael Shermer puts both the polygraph and lie detection to the test in this dramatic episode that features O.J.’s jury consultant lie detection expert.
Duration : 0:8:23
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Polygraph wouldn’t …
Polygraph wouldn’t work on me. I would fail the question “Is your name [my name]“, because I panic incredibly quickly.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
OJ DIDN’T DO IT IT …
OJ DIDN’T DO IT IT WAS LEMONADE
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Haha “psychological …
Haha “psychological billie club,” great phrase.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
o.j didnt do it …
o.j didnt do it lmao ok yes he did
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
The only lie …
The only lie detector is a hot rod in the , haha
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
control question; ” …
control question; “Are you bricking it because you’re hooked up to this rediculous machine?”
“er……..yes!”
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I know ing woman
I know ing woman
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
dont belive this …
dont belive this
shit polygraph dosent tell the truth
took it once
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Amazing! I had no …
Amazing! I had no idea they were so easy to fool! Good to know!
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Good points.
G. …
Good points.
G. Gordon Liddy is adamantly against the use of polygraph tests (as am I). About 10 years ago, when he still had his radio show in Washington, he interviewed a physician who trained people how to decieve the machine and the polygrapher. Nearly every person he trained in countermeasures during a 30 minute session fooled the polygraph test. On a related note, certain drugs such as beta-blockers and benzodiazepines can sufficiently relax a person into totally fooling the test.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
“Anywhere between …
“Anywhere between 95 and 99 percent effective.” BULLSHIT! Stupid imbecile. Polygraph is nothing more than 20th and 21st century witchcraft – period.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Retired FBI …
Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Drew C. Richardson studied polygraphy for the federal government. Speaking to the senate, he said, “[Polygraph screening] is completely without any theoretical foundation and has absolutely no validity… the diagnostic
value of this type of testing is no more than that of astrology or tea-leaf reading. …(A)nyone can be taught to beat this type of polygraph exam in a few minutes.”
It’s time we start listening to the truth.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
The polygraph …
The polygraph machine itself is not a lie detector. It simply measures physiological responses. It is the interpretation of the data that detects ‘troubled area’, not lies. Finally, the interpreter, or examiner, must be good at what they do. When the results show a ‘troubled area’, the subject is then further questioned about that area WITHOUT being connected to the polygraph. It is here that the examination typically gets subjects to confess. It is not valid if the subject does not confess.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
these useless …
these useless machines should be banned ,they use them on tv shows in the uk and you get people in tears just because some useless machine has said they are guilty ,when they are or maybe innocent
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
good video ,lie …
good video ,lie detectors are an expensive fraud
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Listen to the …
Listen to the psychologist in the video. “…the fact is that there is no reliable way to tell if someone is telling the truth or not.”
I don’t think there will ever be a way.
We need to start listening to the real scientists and subject matter experts instead of frauds protecting their own interests.
“People who offer hi-tech solutions and all kinds of fancy gizmos that promise a way to give you the answer – that ’s a very appealing promise to be able to make. But they’re dead wrong.”
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Correct. The EEG ” …
Correct. The EEG “lie detector” isn’t accurate either. All Grant did was accept the fact that he was going to “fail,” and he ended up “passing.” All “lie detectors” are based on the premise that everyone stresses out when they lie. If you are comfortable with lying, or you stress out for some reason during these “tests” when telling the truth, they will either fail to catch you actually lying, or will identify you as a liar when in fact you aren’t.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Grant, the asian …
Grant, the asian guy from Mythbusters, fooled and EEG lie detector by thinking of very negative thoughts during the control questions, then very pleasant ones during the relevant questions, so his lies didn’t stick out much from the control.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Time to upgrade the …
Time to upgrade the technology to EEG lie detection?
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
The most …
The most polygraphers can do is claim they notice you are using them and hope you spill the beans. Don’t buy the bait. That also goes for their spiel, “You are having a little trouble with this question. Go ahead and tell me what the truth is. the machine senses something.” It’s just a BS interrogation technique. Hold your ground!
Visit antipolygraph (dot) org
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Polygraphers state …
Polygraphers state that, but, if countermeasures are done correctly, they cannot detect them. The only countermeasure they can detect is the anal pucker , and that’s only if they have a sensor in your seat. Dr. Richardson has issued a challenge to polygraphers that they will not be able to accurately detect countermeasures. This was done in a public forum, in front of federal polygraphers, eight years ago. His challenge goes unanswered.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
“Polygraphers have …
“Polygraphers have been trained to detect countermeasures” What a load of . So if you go into a polygraph knowing to control yourself during questioning, they’ll spot you and you’ll fail based on that. And if you let yourself react naturally you have a good chance of failing also? ed if you do, ed if you don’t.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
So who are we going …
So who are we going to believe? Psychologists who use science to study human behavior, or polygraphers who attend 10 week polygraphy schools?
The American Psychological ociation says that, “There is no evidence that any pattern of physiological reactions is unique to deception.”
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
lol. right. The …
lol. right. The stimulus is that the question itself is something you’d almost be offended to have to answer. The practitioner is in denial. Jeez.. a good liar wouldn’t be phased at all.
May 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Thomas, yeah it …
Thomas, yeah it should have spelled out in more detail. Perhaps Part 2 does. But yeah.. it doesn’t work at all.