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ProbableIceCream ( member #37468) posted at 1:32 AM on Saturday, March 15th, 2014
I wish people would stop recommending polygraphs. Polygraphs are notorious for false positives. Moreover, there are also easy ways to fool them. AND: people who give honest answers to the 'control' questions are more likely to fail the test than people who lie.
The polygraph is not a scientific instrument. It's used by government agencies as a screening tool to scare people into confessions and to say 'hey, it sucks that our employee was a spy, but we did polygraph him, so we're not to blame.'
Polygraphs don't measure lying and truth. They measure physiological arousal, and they're calibrated to the level of arousal measured when the subject answers a control question such as "have you ever told a lie" with a lie ("no"). That's it.
CrazySad ( new member #42781) posted at 4:22 PM on Saturday, March 15th, 2014
ProbableIceCream - I wish I would have read more into polygraphs before allowing WH to spend the $300. The polygraph examiner says they are 98% accurate, but of course he would say that.
It solved nothing for me, unfortunately. I guess I would rather get a "deceptive" result than one that said he had been truthful, but actually wasn't. Thanks for your input. I hope more BS do their research prior to.
However, if your WS is not even willing to do it this as part of your R, then that's not a good sign IMO.
[This message edited by CrazySad at 5:17 AM, March 16th (Sunday)]
Me: BS (technically fiancé), 27
Him: WH (possible SA), 27
Not married, together 9+ years | No kids
Encounters: 100+ w/ escorts, prostitutes that he found online over past 5 years
D-day: 3/10/14
Had no clue
R still on hold
ProbableIceCream ( member #37468) posted at 11:38 PM on Sunday, March 16th, 2014
I suppose they could be useful as a tactic (parking lot confessions?), but be careful about the false negs/positives.
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