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Are Lie Detectors Foolproof?

I have to take a lie detector test and if it reads my body rythmns wrong I would be so p*issed off!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    it snot a lie if YOU believe it

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Lie detectors can only indicate a likelihood that a subject is lying or telling the truth. Many federal employees are actually trained in how to beat a lie detector!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    The answers on the lie detectors depends..so if you are confident that u are telling the truth..just relax and don't be nervous..if you lied..just try not to be nervous...just think everything will be alright so that the lie detector will not discover that u r lying..

  • 1 decade ago

    No, in fact lie detectors are as inaccurate as the are accurate, this is why they can not be used in a court of law.

    You would be right to be pissed off if the machine said you lied and you didn't, I know I would be.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. It reads your body not your mind so if your nervous even when telling the truth it might register as a lie.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no, they aren't fool proof. many people are able to lie so convincingly that their blood pressure doesn't change. But if you're not lying, there is a very good chance it won't misread it. i wouldn't worry about it.

  • 1 decade ago

    NO THEY ARE NOT ACCURATE. JUST STAY COME AND FOCUSED. THINK OF SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY WHILE YOU ARE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. I HAD TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH AND THEY WANTED ME TO FOCUS ONA PARTICULAR SPOT ON THE WALL WHICH MADE ME MORE NERVOUS, SO I THOUGH OF SOMETHING THAT MADE ME HAPPY. DOING THIS KEPT ME CALM AND IN CONTROL.

  • 4 years ago

    Mine came back inconclusive. Then I happened to see my lawyer congratulating her lawyer on her lawyers win after the hearing.

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