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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I know I may be in the very small minority on this, but I do not see how a man-made machine can theoretically tell if someone is actually telling a lie or not.
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I believe only God can know if one is lying.

A machine just detects the heart rate, palpitations, etc. right??

But I admit I am not current on the state of our modern technology these days….[/quote]

I won't get into the God point of view here, but you aren't in the minority. That's why a polygraph is not admissible as evidence in court.

IMO, polygraphs are a mind game. I won't repeat some out the outlandish things that have been said/done to myself and my colleagues in an effort to get "something" out of you, but it's my firm belief that the machine is a means to an end, which is to manipulate you into thinking the examiner CAN tell if you're lying.

I don't know that I would submit to one outside of getting a security clearance and certainly not without having full knowledge of where the information from the exam is going to go/going to be held. They are hokum and should be used less, not more.

Is this a standard practice in the industry you are going into?[/quote]

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