myrmepropagandist
Reading about old crime cases from the 90s and even into the early 00s and police *really* believed that polygraph tests worked. Even in cases in tiny little towns they'd whip that thing out and make all kinds of wild inferences bases on what amounts to noise.
Now and then you hear about one of them being used to this day.
Absolutely wild and terrifying.
There are still "experts" running around who claim they can teach cops about "body language" that will tell them who is lying.
Rich Felker
@troublewithwords @futurebird https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/114138162065075376
Steven Hoefer
@futurebird Polygraphs are still very popular with police and other security folks who apply them to prospective hires.
myrmepropagandist
Witch dunking level thinking.
Steven Hoefer
@dalias @futurebird I know that the Secret Service is one of those that already do polygraphs on their own employees. The gov already has the equipment and "expertise".
Rich Felker
@futurebird @troublewithwords And that's why you refuse if asked to take one. You make it clear that it's not because you're nervous that you're lying, but that it's subjecting yourself to arbitrary judgement by someone who just wants to dictate your fate and launder responsibility for their decision through a bullshit ritual.
Rich Felker
@futurebird @troublewithwords Having written on this topic publicly in advance (like I'm doing now) is a good move because it gives you citable material that shows you've thought about this before and aren't just making up an excuse not to take it on the spot because you're lying.
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