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tptacekyesterday at 9:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't know what that means, because a polygraph by design tells the polygrapher whatever they want it to.


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wedog6today at 1:11 AM

I believe it was the subject of the test who could make the polygraph reading show whatever they wanted, even though it was being administered by an experienced operator.

c22yesterday at 10:08 PM

If the demonstration was performed in some blinded protocol then perhaps there was more room for ambiguity in the results than usual.