AntiPolygraph.org Message Board

techfan wrote on Sep 7^th, 2006 at 7:24pm:

From what I have read, techniques developed by Cleve Backster, such as ZCT (Zone Comparison Test), are still widely used in polygraphy. This is the same Cleve Backster who also used polygraphs to "prove" bio-communication with plants, in a widely criticised article entitled Primary Perception.

While I already had great doubts about the scientific validity of polygraphs, I was astonished to learn this information.

I am surprised his psuedo-scientific research (both with polygraphs and psychic plants) aren't prominently featured on this web site.

Why isn't this used to further attack the credibility of polygraphs?

That has long been my sig reference. "Leaf my Philodenrons alone."

Backster's plant experiments are mentioned, without aspersion, in the front of the Matte's text on polygraphy.

I think James Randi's million dollar challenge would be applicable but the testing could raise a ruckus with PETP (People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants).

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