The reason “lie” detector results are not accepted in a court of law is because if the testee is a sociopath (like, say Donald John Trump)who has no concept of the difference between a ‘truth’ and a ‘lie’ them the polygraph will indicate the testee is truthful while uttering the most base canard! In other words, to a pathological sociopathic liar, if you believe a ‘lie’, then its not a ‘lie’! Read Orwell’s “1984” for an in-depth study of this – or in a ever so slightly ‘lighter’ vein, Orwell’s “Animal Farm!” Both should be required reading in high school.
The reason “lie” detector results are not accepted in a court of law is because if the testee is a sociopath (like, say Donald John Trump)who has no concept of the difference between a ‘truth’ and a ‘lie’ them the polygraph will indicate the testee is truthful while uttering the most base canard! In other words, to a pathological sociopathic liar, if you believe a ‘lie’, then its not a ‘lie’! Read Orwell’s “1984” for an in-depth study of this – or in a ever so slightly ‘lighter’ vein, Orwell’s “Animal Farm!” Both should be required reading in high school.