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Lie Detectors! (How Do They Work, How Accurate Are They, and Can They Be Beaten?)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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Polygraphs

The polygraph was invented by john augustus larson back in 19 21. He very quickly ized there were problems with it, and before he died in 19 65, he wrote, beyond my expectation through uncontrollable factors. This scientific investigation became, for practical purposes, a frankenstein's monster, which i have spent over forty years in combating. O think about that. The examiner looks better with his bosses the more admissions he gets. So the peligraphers are incentivized to cuse you of lying. And the test is fundamentally biased against the person taking it, even if he's innocent.

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