[–] PhilKDick 1 point 11 points 12 points (+12|-1) ago
Here's the deal: unless required by your job or by parole, never volunteer for a police polygraph. Many law enforcement polygraphers are dishonest, and intimidate targets with the test, emotionally manipulating them into confessions. Sometimes even false confessions. If a defense attorney offers one, take it. Your results should only be revealed if the result is "no deception detected." Otherwise, the results are not revealed. If you are not being honest, you can try countermeasures, but don't count on them to work. Cops WANT you to believe you can fool the test. Then they tell you you failed, and pressure you for a confession!
[–] OneOfTheBoys 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
TL;DR: control your heart rate and breathing. Create a nervous response to calibration questions and calm yourself for as much as you can when you need to lie.
Source: have fooled a polygraph. It was a shirty one but still made it look like truths were lies and vice versa at will.
[–] OneOfTheBoys 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No but they also weren't properly trained to use it (just a crash course). Is this a reference to the article because I didn't actually read it, just assumed what it would say.
[–] PsyOp 3 points -2 points 1 point (+1|-3) ago
Actually, there are polygraph systems that are unbeatable...in addition to the well established polygraph system, they include a real-time EEG analysis of the subject's brain activity; a Supercomputer that monitors for minute facial changes/movements, changes in the subject's iris/pupils, and vocal-stress; and an anal-probe which monitors and analyzes rectal tension throughout the testing procedure. These things, along with new testing procedures, are what make them unbeatable.
These are the types of polygraph systems that are now employed by the intelligence agencies of all major industrialized nations.
[–] NotPolice 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
He's fucking around. There have been some fMRI studies done with subjects lying, but the results aren't too much better than the polygraph test. The real nightmare is trying to apply them to real world situations, where your subject hasn't been TOLD to lie about certain things. A test subject's mental state in the lab is pretty easy: Okay, gotta try and beat this so I can get the extra $20. A real criminal lying about stealing government secrets? Good luck.
You can tell he's trolling by the anal probe. Newer polygraph tests have a pad that lays across the seat to see if you clench your glutes to spike pressure. Nothing like a fucking anal probe. Just imagine how your typical person is going to react to something shoved up their ass. Nothing would be reliable.
[–] 0100100-100110 ago
If you could make yourself believe a lie then all that new stuff is no issue. I suspect you would have to be boderline or true psychopath to pass the new ones.
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Not really. Teach yourself, "method acting". It's the art of tricking yourself in to believing a false reality. You will readily pass any lie detector test, no matter how advanced, because mentally/physiologically: you become the lie. This is probably why so many actors end up fucked in the head, long-term, but that's a story for another day.
[–] PsyOp 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
These new, more invasive, examinations are designed to bypass the conscious mind and directly analyze the subconscious responses to various stimuli...so, whilst one may be able to "trick" oneself into "believing" a lie, ones subconscious mind knows the truth, and it is that truth which these examinations are designed to ferret out. These new state-of-the-art polygraph technologies have taken decades, and billions of dollars, to develop...the common shmo/criminal doesn't stand a chance. And, even if an individual is a sociopath/psychopath, or has undergone training in order to defeat the examination, the examination, by it's very nature, will quickly reveal these variables and the individual will be rejected (if s/he is going for a position in which highly-classified materials are being handled) and placed on a watch-list for the rest of his/her life.
[–] 24601_JeanValJean 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Next time I'm on Jerry Springer I'll keep this in mind.
[–] moviefreak 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
You want to know how to pass a lie detector test?
Think about the first girl you were in love with, and think about the first time you had sex with her. I probably shouldn't tell you this, but then you will pass any lie detector test.
Fact: The only reason polygraphs are even talked about today is because of Maury Povitch.
[–] B3bomber 1 point 12 points 13 points (+13|-1) ago
Polygraph is inadmissible in court cases thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in the early 1900s by people who fully understood it was bullshit.
That hasn't stopped certain government agencies and businesses who firmly believe their workers need to be subjugated to abuse through it (read: it can cost your job if you fail). AKA the double down on stupidity move.
[–] YamaMaya 2 points 10 points 12 points (+12|-2) ago
It is inadmissible in court, but many times it is used as a way to get "probable cause" to falsely convict or to bully a subject into confessing falsely.
[–] B3bomber 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
That's standard operation for the US legal system these days. Gotta have that perfect conviction record at all costs!