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Ron - you need to weed through your inbox -can't send you a PM as your mail is apparently overflowing.
Something about this seems off, it's more like.. a game show than it is a legitimate polygraph test. We all know that TV productions do a lot for ratings.
Yes, that because it is a game show.
Then can the results truly be accurate? or even believable?
I wouldn't call them pseudoscience, but they are far from an exact science. I don't think that Travis was abducted by aliens.Phil Klass was always big on polygraphs, which was something I did not agree with. Polygraphs are pseudoscience.
Of course, I don't believe Travis's story either.
Wikipea? using that as a referencing point in Academia its big NO! Read scientific journals and FBI, CIA training manuals . Where's Walter like hear his point of view?
Hilarious.
As I mentioned, I read several articles about the topic personally but I didn't run out and track them them down so the internet could be set right here in these forums!
The Wiki article simply shows that I'm not alone in the assessment I gave AND it cites a published article that supports this.
Perhaps you read the article in the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice and have some reservations about it?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
All this against NO citations of any kind from you or anyone else to the contrary. And naturally no call for any!
Such lame argumentation.
Fondly,
Lance
Yes you are correct but if you going to use academic background while argumentation of viewpoints it should be use quality resources don't you think?Referencing a wiki link is fine in an Internet forum. This isn't a grade paper.
I have never heard of that outside of special forces and by that I mean specifically SFOD-D (Delta Force) and I am not even sure that is accurate. Not to mention that polygraphs really measure physiological stress. So they require the participant to be realtively calm and willing to go through the process. This is why polygraphs are NEVER consulted in interrogations or on prisoners. In that scenario the physiological and psychological stress factors would be to unpredictable to establish and accurate baseline.
Plus, this guy claims he was in "Intelligence". Special forces guys have a member of the team responsible for operational intel but he doesn't claim to be in intelligence. He would claim to be a special forces operator. Guys that claim to be in intelligence occupy comm shacks, command and control centers, mission planing rooms, and other duties that are not typically in a position to be captured. This is to minimize the risk of exposing them and their "sources and methods" knowledge of intelligence collection and distribution to potential enemy capture. That isn't to say that they are weenies. They are just aren't typically trigger guys.
So basically, I want to call this out. I want to know his MOS and specifically what job he had that required specialized training to defeat polygraphs and specifically what polygraph systems he was trained to defeat. My
So, for me, it is hard to imagine a job that requires specialized training of this nature outside of deep cover CIA type scenarios. I just can't believe that unless I can confirm with others in that exact same job that it was a requirement. Now, if I am wrong so be it. I would issue a strong apology and be better armed with information for the future. For me it just doesn't hold water. Many of you know how I feel about misrepresenting military service or outright lying about it. So I would hope he doesn't take too much offense to the questions as my intentions are honorable.
As an aside: I know of a guy right here on these forums that was an intelligence specialist in the Navy. I will send him a PM and ask him to weigh in as he has first hand experiance being in an intelligence job.