I was watching...
...Dr. Phil today and they had a guy who was being accused of pedophilia. He offered to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence. Without commenting on the man's guilt or innocence, I was amazed that the ex-cop who gave the guy the test didn't think that the guy could fake the result. There really wasn't a result...he got some odd reading that he didn't understand. The reaction that he got made it impossible to tell if the accused was lieing or not. Then, the guy said that he DIDN'T think that the accused could have faked that result. So, he said, it had to be a pysiological response specific to the man who was being tested. Well, I think he's wrong.
You can fake out a lie detector test...and it's not that hard. It's sort of like a bio-feedback thing. You just concentrate and summon that feeling that you get on a roller coaster. I've done it with a friend just to prove that I could do it. I always wondered if that would work and I asked a friend, who had access to a lie detector, if he would test me. He did and it worked. I was able to evoke that feeling, the butterflies in the tummy and everything. So, I know that I can do it. I woudn't be the least bit afraid of a lie detector, I will ALWAYS answer any question while making that response. I have to...or else I would be screwed if I ever took a lie detector to get out of trouble. I HAVE to promise to always answer like that. (It makes sense to me.)
What I found so odd was not that another person knew how to do that...but that the ex-cop who has been doing this for 20 years has never seen anyone who could do it before. He actually said that it was something specific to the guy and that he didn't think the dude was trying to fake it. Well, I know that he was. I would take a lie detctor test anywhere, anytime to show that it can be done. And someone who knows that they can do that WOULD offer to take the test. The test-giver man doesn't know how to interpret the response that he gets to every question when you make yourself feel like that. Especially if you do it for every single question, "What's your name?", "Did you murder your husband?" or "Have you ever smoked marijuana?" That's what I would do...and I know that I can do it.
So, I think that the guy knew that he was able to evoke that response to the machine. I'd ask if he'd ever taken a lie detector test in the past. If he had, then he knew for damn sure that it would work and that's why he offered to take the test in the first place. So, obviously, I do think he's guilty.
Meg
...Dr. Phil today and they had a guy who was being accused of pedophilia. He offered to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence. Without commenting on the man's guilt or innocence, I was amazed that the ex-cop who gave the guy the test didn't think that the guy could fake the result. There really wasn't a result...he got some odd reading that he didn't understand. The reaction that he got made it impossible to tell if the accused was lieing or not. Then, the guy said that he DIDN'T think that the accused could have faked that result. So, he said, it had to be a pysiological response specific to the man who was being tested. Well, I think he's wrong.
You can fake out a lie detector test...and it's not that hard. It's sort of like a bio-feedback thing. You just concentrate and summon that feeling that you get on a roller coaster. I've done it with a friend just to prove that I could do it. I always wondered if that would work and I asked a friend, who had access to a lie detector, if he would test me. He did and it worked. I was able to evoke that feeling, the butterflies in the tummy and everything. So, I know that I can do it. I woudn't be the least bit afraid of a lie detector, I will ALWAYS answer any question while making that response. I have to...or else I would be screwed if I ever took a lie detector to get out of trouble. I HAVE to promise to always answer like that. (It makes sense to me.)
What I found so odd was not that another person knew how to do that...but that the ex-cop who has been doing this for 20 years has never seen anyone who could do it before. He actually said that it was something specific to the guy and that he didn't think the dude was trying to fake it. Well, I know that he was. I would take a lie detctor test anywhere, anytime to show that it can be done. And someone who knows that they can do that WOULD offer to take the test. The test-giver man doesn't know how to interpret the response that he gets to every question when you make yourself feel like that. Especially if you do it for every single question, "What's your name?", "Did you murder your husband?" or "Have you ever smoked marijuana?" That's what I would do...and I know that I can do it.
So, I think that the guy knew that he was able to evoke that response to the machine. I'd ask if he'd ever taken a lie detector test in the past. If he had, then he knew for damn sure that it would work and that's why he offered to take the test in the first place. So, obviously, I do think he's guilty.
Meg
posted by Meg Kelso | 10:54 PM
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Reading this post made my blood boil as I had failed an employment polygraph exam for a prominent federal law enforcement agency while telling the truth. My job offer was rescinded effective immediately.
I hate being accused of something that i haven't done. Did that make my blood boil - in fact, if it weren't for my divorce, I would still be griping about that crap.
So yes, like you, I still think the man's guilty. Polygraph exams are full of shit.
My bachelor's degree is in Music Theatre/voice performance. In my senior acting class, we had a guy set up a lie detector to see if we could "act" our way around it, and we got graded for how well we could stay in character. I didn't tell one truth, not even my name and age, and I passed with flying colors. So, that cop is a freakin idiot.
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