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Thread #55055   Message #910145
Posted By: Don Firth
14-Mar-03 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: US torture
Subject: RE: BS: US torture
I know the question, FL.

Lie detectors are not reliable either. All a "lie detector" measures is level of anxiety, determined by breath rate, heart rate, and galvanic skin response. If you are being tortured or threatened with torture, your anxiety level would be high enough to swamp out any of the minute differences needed to infer that you might possibly be lying. They're not like they portray them on TV.

Don Firth