Quote from: psyborgue on June 23, 2011, 06:14:01 AM

Quote from: mouse on June 23, 2011, 05:52:22 AM

Quote from: bitsalame on June 23, 2011, 05:08:14 AM

Ekman has a very long trail in the scientific community, and any academic who is worth their salt will know him since he was the responsible in providing empirical evidence that proved the universality of emotions and facial expressions. Before Ekman anthropologists thought that facial expressions were culturally-dependent. Ekman proved that facial expressions are universal.

Wow just browsing through some of his published journal articles seems he is FAR more known for his work on universals than for lying in general.

As far as I understand, that work is legit. His lie detection, however doesn't seem to be. GAO called BS on it a while back..

It is not really that far your understanding, you gotta admit that.
One thing we can borrow from the world of cryptography is that weak implementation doesn't mean weak algorithm.
The government is not really exemplary in implementing anything.

Lie detection is both an art and a science, and one must have both talent and dedication.
The TSA and law enforcement are mediocre and they select mediocres only (Since you like to google, I invite you to search about how the law enforcement selects only candidates with low IQ)