# Why are lie detectors still being used?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lie-detectors-still-being-used/767830>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 7, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lie-detectors-still-being-used/767830 "2016-10-07T09:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![RenaissanceMan203](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@RenaissanceMan203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenaissanceMan203)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lie-detectors-still-being-used/767830/41 "2016-10-10T02:33:34Z")

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As is said above, it is nothing more than an interrogation technique with a prop.

> **[ItemFix - Social Video Factory](https://www.itemfix.com/?r=ll)**
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> Social Video Factory

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-lie-detectors-still-being-used/767830/42 "2016-10-10T10:52:11Z")

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> [@RenaissanceMan203](#):
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> As is said above, it is nothing more than an interrogation technique with a prop.
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> [ItemFix - Social Video Factory](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b53_1389564045&comments=1)

Great video, at the same time hilarious and infuriating. One has to wonder how many innocent lives this junk science has ruined.

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