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Rainbow Droid

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4. Polygraphing is pseudoscience and all results are questionable. There is nothing else to say.

Reply to WiseElder (Original post)

Tue Mar 20, 2018, 04:16 PM

Mar 2018

Last edited Tue Mar 20, 2018, 05:22 PM - Edit history (2)

edit: I do not disbelieve Daniels. I'm certain she's telling the truth.

But pseudoscience (and yes, I did misspell it more than once, for which I have no good excuse except that I'm getting old) like polygraphy should never be relied upon as "evidence" for anything. Pseudoscience is a dead end.

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Lie detector test shows Stormy Daniels truthful about Trump affair [View all] WiseElder Mar 2018 OP

Never doubted her...she seems very genuine iluvtennis Mar 2018 #1

at least in comparision to Trump. olddad56 Mar 2018 #2

I think she tells the truth, but dont credit lie detector tests. People are trained to fool them. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #3

DT apparently knows she tells the truth, but that's a horrible headline William Seger Mar 2018 #21

Polygraphing is pseudoscience and all results are questionable. There is nothing else to say. Rainbow Droid Mar 2018 #4

So let's see how your tDump does on a test. Just for fun. erronis Mar 2018 #12

Because I was in a hurry and misspelled "psuedoscience" that makes me a bot? Rainbow Droid Mar 2018 #15

Glad to see that you've worked on your spelling dictionary. Still not quite right. erronis Mar 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Mar 2018 #18

Bookmarking. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #19

Hey, a lie detector examiner gave someone the results they wanted so they leaked the results. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #5

"unprotected sex"......does that mean he wasn't wearing a raincoat? dameatball Mar 2018 #6

Yes. llmart Mar 2018 #10

He could have checked the office supply aisle for some finger cots. Siwsan Mar 2018 #27

That too! llmart Mar 2018 #30

No PJMcK Mar 2018 #24

Interesting, but legally irrelevant. chuckstevens Mar 2018 #7

Maybe Trump had good cause. WiseElder Mar 2018 #8

If he carried a few $100 bills in his undies, she might get excited! erronis Mar 2018 #13

+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2018 #14

im betting trump got her preg and she had an abortion.... TalenaGor Mar 2018 #9

Unlikely. But she is lucky she didn't get syphillis, depite tRump's bragging about Vietnam War. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #22

If polygraph session transcript isn't "press" Nash Teeth Mar 2018 #11

K&R red dog 1 Mar 2018 #16

Polygraphs are entertainment angrychair Mar 2018 #20

The polygraph serves to propel the story forward for a couple of extra days. That delays NCjack Mar 2018 #23

No, dont get me wrong angrychair Mar 2018 #31

I should have said that the polygraph is a bridge in maintaining public's attention NCjack Mar 2018 #32

I see what you did there (semi hard) angrychair Mar 2018 #33

My experience with polygraph. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2018 #25

OH, and... BobTheSubgenius Mar 2018 #26

"About as accurate as body language experts and cold reads" Maeve Mar 2018 #28

Polygraphs are junk science. I think Daniels is telling the truth, but not basing it on this. Nailzberg Mar 2018 #29