Comments on: Liar, liar, pants on fire

Liar, liar, pants on fire

Rothko — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:26:05 -0800

"What's the matter sweetie? Can't sleep?"
"No, no. I was just going over my answers to the polygraph test your dad just gave me."

By: nicwolff

nicwolff — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:12:22 -0800

What's this about?

By: wilful

wilful — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:00:02 -0800

I don't get the links. Bush is doing some CYA bullshit that is meaningless, and some people hate polygraphs. Are you suggesting that White House staff should be polygraphed? Or that they shouldn't be? Or what?

By: kimota

kimota — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:55:07 -0800

"How lucky for Bush! He gets to re-reintroduce integrity to the White house! Oh, happy day!" --Jon Stewart

By: lemonfridge

lemonfridge — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:56:31 -0800

I think I nodded off and missed the first half of this post...whats going on?

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:05:46 -0800

Was that a quote from Meet the Parents or something?

By: malusmoriendumest

malusmoriendumest — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:14:22 -0800

What kind of ethics? What KIND?? "Aaaarrgghhh!!! The Fundies are coming! The fundies are coming!" Overreaction: a trademark of Metafilter Industries. Hmm... maybe this link has some Summon Bevets power in it.

By: longbaugh

longbaugh — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:34:38 -0800

Isn't the USA one of about two countries that actually trusts in the use of polygraph technology (Israel being the other IIRC)? I seem to remember a big ol' MeFi post on the subject a couple of years back (barring the AskMe questions) but for once I have lucked out.

By: adamvasco

adamvasco — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:54:34 -0800

longbaugh was this the one?

By: longbaugh

longbaugh — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:39:44 -0800

Cheers adamvasco - it might have been the one. I do seem to remember a fair amount about aphasia in the discussion including the guys snickering away during a Reagan speech. In fact, that's actually a rather clever idea. Instead of having a little cutaway in the corner of the screen with someone signing for the hearing impaired we can have an aphasic stand there giving us the thumbs up or down when the politician is telling pork pies.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:06:21 -0800

whats going on? we are being given an audience before the great and powerful BoTW. assume the appropriate position of awe, wonder and humility.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:24:41 -0800

Christ, are people still using ancient polygraph technology? All it does is allow you to detect stress; whether that stress is from guilt or the accusation itself is still hard to tell. Even the use of Event-Related Potentials are questionable. You want to know how to beat a lie detector? Curl your toes on the control questions.

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:58:43 -0800

Nothing but a cheap PR stunt. After they get done looking into the ethics of handling classified information, perhaps they should study the ethics of using cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment against prisoners.

By: jmgorman

jmgorman — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:18:13 -0800

I'm told that by having read this, one is exempted from polygraphs. That shit definately doesn't work if you know how people are trained on it.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:48:49 -0800

I'm told that by having read this, one is exempted from polygraphs. I actually read this kind of stuff and then failed a polygraph. It was a shame. Perhaps I should've said something about it.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:07:49 -0800

Perhaps they're afraid the clown will eat them.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:04:22 -0800

did you fail because you lied, grobstein, or because you didn't convince them you were telling the truth? what was it like?

By: grobstein

grobstein — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:58:13 -0800

Because I couldn't convince them I was telling the truth, I think. Some of their questions involved personal, sensitive details of my life, and I got quite nervous merely knowing that the government was learning and potentially recording them. Each time those questions came up, I felt a new surge of anxiety, which may have suggested to the people reading the test results that I was being dishonest (I have no idea whether that's a plausible theory about how polygraphy works; it's just my guess). Whatever the case, it was an extremely harrowing experience and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Actually, I can't guarantee I failed the polygraph, though. That's just what they told me; I don't think I had a legal right to or a good prospect of getting a better accounting.