Saidme wrote on Aug 13^th, 2003 at 3:45am:

If you're trying to make things better, than what's your answer to polygraph?  What should we replace it with?  Should we discontinue it's use until the George's of the world come up with something?  I think not.  I'll use it until something better comes along.  We've got cases to resolve.   ;)

In my opinion, the polygraph and belief in it are so deeply flawed, in most of its current uses, that doing without completely would be an improvement.

As an interrogation prop for going after criminal subjects for confessions, I'm sure it's quite adequate.  But to actually put faith in any existing technique to discern truth from falsehood is (again in my opinion) wrongheaded and worse than nothing.

Skeptic