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ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pigs are liars?

  Gasp.

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• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or fingerprints, or lie detectors…

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s no scientific backing to fingerprints? Whaat

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, there’s no scientific backing to really confidently say that no two fingerprints are alike. That doesn’t change that we can identify them and match them.

      If you observe that fingerprints can be matched, that’s all you need to know.

      Now lie detectors don’t work at all…

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      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Now lie detectors don’t work at all…

        Meh, they do work. They just measure stress response, not truthfulness. The idea being that you’ll have a heightened stress response to a question you are lying about the answer to, which may or may not be accurate depending on individual and situation.

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s interesting. Any recommended ones? If I had to guess its a lot easier to find flaws in something than it is to prove it 100% right.

  As I understand it, these tests are trying to get more data on if the driver is severely intoxicated or has major motor function issues.

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• godfish@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, why not use a breath analyzer or something. I am a drunk and could do those test really wasted.

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s harder for cops to discriminate against dark skinned people if they use objective measurements.

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    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Breath analyzers aren’t exactly accurate. There’s a bunch of things that can give them false positives, they often aren’t properly calibrated, and the science behind them is kinda shaky. They got challenged often enough in certain states that in at least one state if an officer has you breathe in a machine and that machine produces a number higher than the legal BAC limit, that’s proof of DUI regardless of what the machine may or may not do to result in that number.

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• MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can always take your chances on a blood test…

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