The Polygraph Divide: What Was Once Known as Lie Detector Tests ... - Nathan Rabin's Happy Place

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Will we ever give up polygraphs or will we continue to pretend that there's a fantastical contraption capable of determining truth or fiction? I suspect we will eventually give up on polygraphs on account of their proven uselessness but it will take some time and some doing. After all, there are two billion reasons to keep the grift going, and I have discovered that in capitalism people REALLY love making money, even if it's for something that has been proven wrong over and over again. 

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