Lie Detectors! (How Do They Work, How Accurate Are They, and Can They Be Beaten?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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How to Beat Polygraphs
How do guilty people manage to beat polygraphs? There are multiple reasons for this. Some may be psychologically abnormal so that they don't show the responses that polygraphers are looking for. Others, like kimpilby, may medicate themselves so that theydon't show these responses. But other people beat them through simple training in knowing what the peligraphers is looking for and adjusting their reactions.
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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.
