empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoKash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Himwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1723arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1716arrow-down1external-linkKash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Himwww.thedailybeast.comempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square103linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretoppy@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·6 days agoIs polygraph test reliable ? Doesn’t it fall under pseudoscience ?
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 days agoIt is not reliable at all, and yes, it is widely considered to be psuedoscience. Yes, this is a batshit insane scenario
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoYes, morons still believe in it, yes, he is a moron. That and just looking for an excuse.
minus-squarePeer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoYou can even train to beat them, so it’s definitely not a reliable method.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoAnd, I would assume, if anyone had done that training it would be FBI agents.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoLol right? This seems more like a “can you beat a polygraph test” test, than a loyalty test
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s more of an anxiety-detector. It has no basis in fact.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIt measures things accurately but this has absolutely nothing to do with identifying if someone is telling the truth or not.
Is polygraph test reliable ? Doesn’t it fall under pseudoscience ?
It is not reliable at all, and yes, it is widely considered to be psuedoscience. Yes, this is a batshit insane scenario
Yes, morons still believe in it, yes, he is a moron.
That and just looking for an excuse.
You can even train to beat them, so it’s definitely not a reliable method.
And, I would assume, if anyone had done that training it would be FBI agents.
Lol right? This seems more like a “can you beat a polygraph test” test, than a loyalty test
It’s more of an anxiety-detector. It has no basis in fact.
It measures things accurately but this has absolutely nothing to do with identifying if someone is telling the truth or not.