Lie Detectors! (How Do They Work, How Accurate Are They, and Can They Be Beaten?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Episode 130 of jimmy akins's mysterious world, where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason. The twentieth century saw the development of lie detectors, such as the polygraph machine. But do they really work? How reliable are they? How have people beaten them? And what should you do if you're ever asked to take a lie detector test?
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Human beings have been telling lies since the dawn of history and finding ways to detect them has been a high priority. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the polygraph machine, how reliable it is, whether it can be beaten, historical methods of lie detection, and whether you should ever take a lie detector test.
