Comments on: New Fox Show has Some Truely Bad Science

By: RingADing

RingADing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:52:20 +0000

It has been allowed in court a few times but it’s generally not. If it is used on the prosecution side then that’s generally a pretty good way of getting an appeal because it’s so well known for being unreliable. Some states and countries expressly forbid it. Yeah it’s totally bunk though. There’s controversy over the fact that they continue to use it for security screenings.

By: Dave G

Dave G — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:42:35 +0000

What did you expect from reality tv + a game show and on the fox network? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like seeing science shat on either, but I don’t think you can expect much in this situation. It could be worse. How? Oh just wait. They’ll come up with something worse. They always do.

By: q

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:10:46 +0000

that’s the funny thing about lie detectors. They only work at all when the subject is totally convinced that they work. Heh. Even then, it’s far from an exact science. Yeah, the shows that basically put two light bulbs there one for “true” and one for “lie” are totally bull.

By: DV82XL

DV82XL — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:51:41 +0000

… iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses….

(Juvenal, Satire 10.77-81)