tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post7577504849994469265..comments2023-06-08T10:33:07.787+01:00Comments on The Sun - Tabloid Lies: Paedophil(i)e DectectorTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-69367518793835991512010-07-24T16:57:00.275+01:002010-07-24T16:57:00.275+01:00The best thing about this is that polygraph/lie de...The best thing about this is that polygraph/lie detector evidence is still inadmissible in the criminal justice system.<br /><br />If it's good enough to be used as a measure of continuing guilt, then why can it not be used to determine a person's innocence?<br /><br />This it doubly baffling in cases such as those i have come across, where people have been wrongly convicted of sexual offences - test can't be used to prove they didn't do it, but can be to prove they'll do it again! Ludicrous.Digital Ignorancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240612051974091053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-22787935097319883022009-08-03T09:14:51.907+01:002009-08-03T09:14:51.907+01:00Why would the Sun state that these tests are infal...Why would the Sun state that these tests are infallible, when i) everybody knows they are not and ii) the Sun has a track record of not wanting peadophiles roaming around the streets loose, whether deemed safe or not?<br /><br />Also, as far as I know, my signals of fear don't emanate from my hypothalmus gland in a way something as basic as the polygraph can measure.<br />The gland my control my physical reactions to fear, sweating, dilated pupils, increased heart beat rate and others, some of which the lie detector does measure, but it doesn't pick up anything from the hypothalmus gland itself as that statement implies.Sim-Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05194980139358025245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796962133576484410.post-43203772387839634102009-07-29T17:42:01.116+01:002009-07-29T17:42:01.116+01:00It is very well known that such tests are very unr...It is very well known that such tests are very unreliable. Although apparently not at The Sun offices and now, of course, not their readers...Jack Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07389322054758592715noreply@blogger.com