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Sep 6th, 2003 at 6:02am
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I have read George's book at least 5 times.  Went to my test on Monday and used CM's.   Did alright except a few questions made me very nervous regarding computer use.  I could feel my heart pounding in my chest.  Does Doug's book help with that?  Scheduled for a retest next week
  
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Reply #1 - Sep 8th, 2003 at 5:48pm
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I smell failure.   

George, I didn't think CM's were detectable? Wink
  
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Reply #2 - Sep 8th, 2003 at 5:56pm
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He did not say his cm's were detected, he said his heart was pounding, that is not a cm.  BTW, is there anything you can do when your pounding heart gives you away?
  
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Reply #3 - Sep 8th, 2003 at 11:44pm
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Are you saying now that if an examiner detects CM's a retest will be offered? How nice of you.
Sounds more like an "inconclusive" to me.
  

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Reply #4 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 2:26am
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Yeah, confess.

Orolan,  Probably setting him up for a nice post-test interview.  Aren't you part of the crowd that is convinced CM's aren't detectable? Wink
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 2:53am
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so you are claiming that a rapidly beating heart is a CM then?  Geez, you polygraphers really DON'T know how to detect CM's....you're looking for the wrong thing!
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 3:44am
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Saidme wrote on Sep 9th, 2003 at 2:26am:
Saidwho (me Cheesy)

Yeah, confess.


Which, of course, would hardly be necessary if the polygraph were reliable.

Confessions are everything.  Without them, the polygraph is worthless.

I guarantee you, Saidwho, that your heart will be beating a lot faster once you realize you've been duped into confessing to something...

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Reply #7 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 3:48am
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Saidme,
Yes, I am part of that crowd that insists CM's can't be detected. That is irrelevant. What is relevant is the fact that you insist they are. So, when you "detect" them, do you offer a retest?
If the examiner in this case "detected" CM's, why waste time on another test? Why wasn't he disqualified on the spot?
  

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Reply #8 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 4:34am
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is there a chance they did a retest because it was late in the day?  It was already 5:40 pm when they sent me home, maybe they just wanted to split?

Anyway I can counter a fast beating heart?  One thing I recognized for certain is that everything that came out of his mouth was total bullshit, I could see right through it, textbook
  
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Reply #9 - Sep 9th, 2003 at 9:58am
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I don't know of any way to suppress an increase in heart rate except, perhaps, by taking a sedative. Remember, though, that the test is scored by comparing reactions to relevant versus "control" questions, and the key to "passing" is to produce stronger reactions to the latter.
  

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Reply #10 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 4:22pm
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. . . Did alright except a few questions made me very nervous regarding computer use.  I could feel my heart pounding in my chest.  


What caused you to be nervous?  Are there any concerns that were directly related to the relevant issues?

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Reply #11 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 7:58pm
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Neo wrote on Sep 10th, 2003 at 4:22pm:


What caused you to be nervous?  Are there any concerns that were directly related to the relevant issues?

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I can't speak for Retest, but when I took my polygraphs, I was quite nervous through the whole sessions (all three of them).  It had very little to do with "concerns about the relevant issues" and a lot to do with fear that I was going to be rejected from job candidacy, or worse, seen as a criminal.  The nervousness especially manifested itself on questions regarding serious crimes.

Perhaps this is something some of those in authority are blind to, but when an authority figure starts questioning you, it can be a tad nervewracking, regardless of whether you've done anything wrong.  I was brought up to respect authority figures, and I don't want them thinking bad things about me (perhaps irrational, but even so).

As I see it, this is one of the fundamental flaws in the polygraph -- especially as it seems to be used right now by certain agencies (Relevant/Irrelevant format).

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Reply #12 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 8:30pm
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Skeptic wrote on Sep 10th, 2003 at 7:58pm:


I can't speak for Retest, but when I took my polygraphs, I was quite nervous through the whole sessions (all three of them).  It had very little to do with "concerns about the relevant issues" and a lot to do with fear that I was going to be rejected from job candidacy, or worse, seen as a criminal.


I think such dissonance induced nervousness is most likely when a poly knowledgable person is polygraphed since they are fully aware of the "science" behind the polygraph.

Facing a poly with significant false positive probability during an initial interview would be a deterent, but not an absolute one, in the decision to pursue a career requiring one. Facing a poly every 5 years would likley keep me from applying for such a job at all. I would be unwilling to embark on a career with significant probability for arbitrary termination.

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Reply #13 - Sep 10th, 2003 at 9:34pm
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Marty wrote on Sep 10th, 2003 at 8:30pm:


I think such dissonance induced nervousness is most likely when a poly knowledgable person is polygraphed since they are fully aware of the "science" behind the polygraph.

Facing a poly with significant false positive probability during an initial interview would be a deterent, but not an absolute one, in the decision to pursue a career requiring one. Facing a poly every 5 years would likley keep me from applying for such a job at all. I would be unwilling to embark on a career with significant probability for arbitrary termination.

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Marty,
You've nailed on the head the primary reason I withdrew my candidacy for the NSA position.

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Reply #14 - Sep 11th, 2003 at 2:33am
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To clarify the above and to forestall the inevitable polygraph trolling, knowing about the polygraph's flaws before I took one is not something I can "blame" on Antipolygraph.org, since I'd learned about the shortcomings in my Psychology undergrad days.

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