Would you still lie if you were put into a lie detector test?

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Well we lie every now and then thinking that a little white lie once in a while isn't as evil. But then if you had been strapped into a lie detecting machine, and asked a very sensitive question (this depends on you, on what is your deepest and darkest secret), that you would swear to not tell a single soul about, would you still lie knowing that the machine would definitely detect it as a lie? Do you think you would find it that difficult to tell the truth that you would still lie despite the fact and certainty that you will be caught lying? Or would you simply just tell the truth, anyways one way or another there is no way out? In a case as such, I think I would just tell the truth no matter how embarassing or sensitive the topic for me is, even if it was my deep dark secret, I'd rather be telling the truth and condemned for whatever I have been hiding, than be condemned for both the act and lying..