nopolycop wrote on Jan 15^th, 2008 at 3:50pm:

Both of these analogies require an active response though by the testee, and neither purport to read a person's thoughts.  The polygraph purports to be able to tell what a person is thinking, and doesn't require an active response.  Apples and oranges.

That is absurd.

Polygraph testing is about stimulus and response, just like so many countless other tests.

Nobody, except perhaps yourself and Mr. Maschke, has suggested the polygraph can read minds.

nope'cop, you are overstepping the bounds of your expertise here, and  engaging in a silly straw-man argument.

It would be much more informative to yourself, and the other readers, if you would constrain your discussion of polygraph to an actual conversation about testing theory or item response theory. Unless for some reason you are not interested in an authentic discussion of the matter.



Peace,



r