Newly Retired US Senator calls Congress 'dysfunctional' - Page 2

Green Spanner · 02-20-2010, 07:57 AM

Question for people in this thread!

Did he ever say that he wasn't dysfunctional and riddled with brain-dead partisanship and permanent campaigning?

Jagos · 02-25-2010, 09:26 PM

We could always look at his track record or see how he voted for the answer.

IQ has it right. The bastard's a hypocrit.

Amake · 02-27-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagos

IQ has it right. The bastard's a hypocrit.

What I wanted to say was that it doesn't matter if he's hypocritical. >_>

Hanuman · 02-26-2010, 01:17 PM

Lie. Detector. Tests.

Tev · 02-26-2010, 01:23 PM

Those don't actually work.

Hanuman · 02-26-2010, 07:05 PM

Then why do we use them.

Tev · 02-26-2010, 07:14 PM

Because we have a misplaced belief that they work.

Archbio · 02-27-2010, 05:14 PM

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Then why do we use them.

The process of interrogation usually relies a lot on intimidation. A "lie detector" is very good at that.

Krylo · 02-27-2010, 05:17 PM

Saying Lie Detectors work or that they don't work is incomplete either way. What they do is test for stress. Small changes in the way the body works if it is under stress that would normally be imperceptible.

They DO detect lies because of this.

The problem is that a very skilled liar can lie without giving off these imperceptible changes and fool the lie detector. An unskilled liar can still mess up the lie detector by causing themselves physical pain or thinking of unpleasant memories or fears when they are telling the truth etc.

They're terribly falliable.

As for why we use them, Archbio is more or less on the money.

Odjn · 02-27-2010, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

Saying Lie Detectors work or that they don't work is incomplete either way. What they do is test for stress. Small changes in the way the body works if it is under stress that would normally be imperceptible.

They DO detect lies because of this.

The problem is that a very skilled liar can lie without giving off these imperceptible changes and fool the lie detector. An unskilled liar can still mess up the lie detector by causing themselves physical pain or thinking of unpleasant memories or fears when they are telling the truth etc.

They're terribly falliable.

As for why we use them, Archbio is more or less on the money.

Or using barbiturates, or by answering in ways that fool what they detect (Is your name Louis Blah Blah? No. <internally: no, my name is Lou.>)

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02-27-2010, 05:17 PM	#9
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Saying Lie Detectors work or that they don't work is incomplete either way. What they do is test for stress. Small changes in the way the body works if it is under stress that would normally be imperceptible. They DO detect lies because of this. The problem is that a very skilled liar can lie without giving off these imperceptible changes and fool the lie detector. An unskilled liar can still mess up the lie detector by causing themselves physical pain or thinking of unpleasant memories or fears when they are telling the truth etc. They're terribly falliable. As for why we use them, Archbio is more or less on the money. __________________ I am very tired.