nonombre wrote on Oct 20^th, 2007 at 6:08pm:

Okay, I stand corrected.  I did a little preliminary research and found out that Mr. Maschke has indeed posted a dissertation.  Hmm, I truly didn't know.  My apoligies... Now, maybe someone can tell me what the "Proverbial and idiomatic language in a modern Persian novel : a contextual analysis based on Iraj Pezeshkzad’s Da’i Jan Napel’on" has to do with Psychology, Physiology, Forensic Psychophysiology, or ANYTHING to do with polygraph?

I can't even discuss the dissertation subject matter, as I have no background in it.

However, if you had spent years studying the topic (as Mr. Maschke has the polygraph), I wouldn't write off your opinion just because you don't have a Ph.D in the subject.