Lie detectors will be used to help root out benefit cheats, Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton has said.
"Mr Blair, Mr Ahmadinejad, please step this way..."
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Munzly
- http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
- Thursday, 05. Apr, 2007 @ 10:18:30 am
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rowtheboat
- http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
- Thursday, 05. Apr, 2007 @ 10:20:27 am
What's the research?
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Munzly
- http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
- Thursday, 05. Apr, 2007 @ 10:43:21 am
It may even have been on the BBC website, I didn't take exact note as I wasn't expecting to refer to it again so soon
The research was done comparing brain scans with other ways of investigating the mind.
At the time, I was googling for certain aspects of consciousness for a discussion on reality I was having with Govindan.
If I remember where I saw it, I'll let you know.-
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rowtheboat
- http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
- Thursday, 05. Apr, 2007 @ 10:47:35 am
Cheersie, sounds interesting - not to mention another example of government failure
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- http://stephiblog.wordpress.com
- Thursday, 05. Apr, 2007 @ 04:43:45 pm
There was a report in 2003 by the national association of sciences (here)
This is just a gimmick, they won't be able to ask anything more than they already legally can. they won't be able to reject a claim because someone failed the lie detector test.
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If we're going to order those two to "step into the interrogation room", I demand the UN also uses proctologists.
Wonderful! No sooner do the World's leading scientific brains on brains bring out research proving that lie detectors don't work, then the British Government includes them in its benefits screening policy.
Perhaps Blair is already using one