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Title: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: lost on Jun 13, 2003, 06:01 PM
 ???      just wanting to know the truth.
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: orolan on Jun 13, 2003, 06:24 PM
You read them the same way the polygrapher does. Pick up a pen, close both eyes, and randomly place x's on the chart. Open your eyes. The x's indicate deception.
Actually, that's not how they do it. But it is statistically as accurate ::)
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: Saidme on Jun 13, 2003, 06:45 PM
Orolan

You're still an idiot.
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: Skeptic on Jun 13, 2003, 07:08 PM
You two just can't get along, can you?

Skeptic
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: George W. Maschke on Jun 13, 2003, 07:10 PM
lost,

For an explanation of how polygraph examinations are administered and scored, see Chapter 3 of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector (http://antipolygraph.org/pubs.shtml).
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: orolan on Jun 13, 2003, 07:36 PM
Skeptic,
If you'll read the thread in PCSOT, you'll see that the esteemed Mr. Saidme responded to my counter-arguments with a juvenile name-calling post, rather than refuting or conceding. Such conduct is not what a person would expect from a person who claims 25 years as a "professional". And he still refuses to refute the arguments. Besides, he has absolutely no sense of humor. What a drag his life must be.
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: Skeptic on Jun 13, 2003, 07:46 PM
Quote from: orolan on Jun 13, 2003, 07:36 PMSkeptic,
If you'll read the thread in PCSOT, you'll see that the esteemed Mr. Saidme responded to my counter-arguments with a juvenile name-calling post, rather than refuting or conceding. Such conduct is not what a person would expect from a person who claims 25 years as a "professional". And he still refuses to refute the arguments. Besides, he has absolutely no sense of humor. What a drag his life must be.

Yeah, I saw it.  He has an unfortunate tendency to read hidden meaning into things with great certainty (perhaps a common trait among interrogators in general?).  And yes, I think he does owe you an apology for his initial comments to you, wherein he clearly misconstrued your statements.  

But at least compared with most of our polygrapher visitors, he's being fairly civil.

Skeptic
Title: Re: how do read the lines on a polygragh
Post by: orolan on Jun 13, 2003, 08:06 PM
Skeptic,
True, he is rather civil. After all, I have been called worse names than "idiot".