Polygraph (lie detector) tests

Let me tell you first hand...THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE! I worked at a retail business several yars ago and $100 come up missing from a register....yep my register. I had to take one and I failed it bigger than Dallas! I was a nervous wreck taking it and then I about had a stroke when they said I failed it! I was actually fired from that job and 3 weeks later they called me and apologized, saying they had found the error and wanted me to come back. Ummmm....No Thanks I said! They did pay me for the time I was off but I told the owner that called me to come back he was nuts! I mean what if it happened again. He assured me that it wouldn't but as I told him he failed my test and I wouldn't work for them again for any amount of money! It was kind of mean out of me but I drew my unemployment from them for 18 months! LOL So it ended up costing them way more than $100.00! Oh well sucks to be them! LOL

There are ways to beat polygraph tests, including many prescriptions every day people take. There is another way, but in case we have any potential murderers in mylot, I'll not say. There are false positves for lying, but then there are also false negatives. Where people lie and it looks like they are honest. I put a lot of stock in them, but I certainly understand why they can't be presented as evidence in court.

Hi Lucy02! I have never had to take this kind of liar test so far. But I hope I will never have to prove my right with it. I think I would be too nervous immediatelly when they ask the most important questions to me. So I do not trust in its reliability.

I've never even seen on except in movies. Based on what I've heard of them and how they are used in the movies and in the tv series that I watch - they don't seem to be very much reliable. They usually use it as a last resort but still not to convict a person, only to find further evidence. I think it mainly relies on someone's increase heart rate - and that can be influenced by various causes like being with a really hot girl/guy :) Thanks for the response on my discussion!

I was given a written polygraph when I applied for a job in a department store. Things looked good but I didn't get hired. Later I took another and the recommendation from the service was that it was up to the discression of the manager to decide whether or not to hire hire me. I figured out you can't be completely honest, that is too honest. They are looking for a mix of certain answers and if you are too honest it will work to your disadvantage.

from what i've read on them, i don't consider them extremely reliable, and i suppose that's why they don't use them in court most of the time. if they were 100%, then i'm sure they'd be used in just about every court case lol. they're used for talk shows, like maury, bc that's pretty much the closest to reliable they can get in situations like that. based on what i've seen, the things measured to determine whether someone is lying or telling the truth are signs that can be caused simply by anxiety. idk about you, but i'd be nervous and anxious being hooked up to something like that, whether i was telling the truth or not.