The Trump loyalist has subjected dozens of his own team to the lie-detector test.
  • toppy@lemy.lolEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    Is polygraph test reliable ? Doesn’t it fall under pseudoscience ?

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 hours ago

      I don’t think so.

      They’re weeding out non-loyalists because the fascism is going to be ratcheted up tremendously, and for that to happen, they need people without a conscience. True believers.

    • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
      10·
      8 hours ago

      Good thing the system already selects for people that can pass polygraphs without much issue.
      It is also junk technology.

  • BetaBlake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 hours ago

    All these fascists are such little weeny piss babies.

    And all the alpha bros look up to them, how embarrassing.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    10 hours ago

    Lol. I’ve lied during lie detector tests and still passed.

    Hoping our FBI officials are capable of doing the same.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 hours ago

      It’d be funnier if they passed while being as sarcastic as possible just to mess with him

    • AAA@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      9 hours ago

      I like to imagine that anyone who works at the FBI, and has the opportunity, would try lying at the polygraph for fun.

  • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    31·
    11 hours ago

    Real leaders don’t need to be paranoid about what their underlings think about them. Fascism is more fragile than it appears.

    • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      10 hours ago

      “[Their] need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      Real leaders would take the time to understand why someone doesn’t like them, do a little self reflection to see if it’s either a valid point or just a perception issue, and then work to fix the issue if there is one. If it’s just a person who just doesn’t like them but is good at their job, just ignore it. If they are truly not a good fit or just a bad actor who just thrives in negativity, then you either find a better fit for them or then you fire them.

      I’m very much a pleaser type personality but if someone doesn’t like me for whatever reason, I don’t really sweat it if it doesn’t affect me personally. Most people like me but not everyone and that’s ok. This constant need to be surrounded by yes men and sycophants is just disturbing.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    13 hours ago

    Cops and pseudoscience go together like chocolate and peanut butter.

    For more examples, see “bite mark analysis,” “911 call analysis,” “blood spatter analysis,” roadside drug testing with known false-positives, and even fingerprints (once the gold standard) have up to a 20% error rate.

    And that’s not even getting into how their methodology is exactly backwards: they have a claim that they set out to prove, but do no work to disprove what they already believe.