Polygraph - Jeremy Kyle

mrk · 20 Apr 2011 at 09:25

shifty_uk said:
I just saw a link to a Jeremy Kyle episode on my Facebook feed, they used a polygraph to determine whether a lay about had affairs and so on. Anyway, these tests aren't 100% accurate, they're not allowed in court so I'm just curious as to why it's okay to ridicule(even more!) people on TV with the results when they could potentially be complete nonsense?

I get embarrassed every so often about practically anything. Sometimes on occasions where I've seen something, if it's later brought up - despite it having no impact on me whatsoever, I randomly get flustered! So, I imagine I'd fail a lie detector test instantly for practically anything! Even the thought of being asked an intimate questions gets my heart rate going.

A/S/L?

*shifty jizzes in pants*

J-FRO · 20 Apr 2011 at 09:28

vonhelmet said:
It's tv made by idiots about idiots for idiots. I wouldn't take it too seriously.

Try telling my mother that. I however couldn't agree with you more. My family think I don't like them because I never sit with them in the lounge, when the truth of the matter is I can't stand the **** they watch on TV.

doodah · 20 Apr 2011 at 09:30

gropingmantis said:
They claim on the show that although it isnt 100% accurate it is 96% accurate which is blatant bull**** as anyone who has watched Trisha can confirm as half the time on Trisha the results come back "inconclusive" whereas JK seems to be able to get a definite answer every time...hmmmmmmmmmm

Trisha had version 1 though, Jeremy has version 1.1 hence the greater degree of accuracy

I would like to see a 'sodium thiopental/pentothal' special

Greenlizard0 · 20 Apr 2011 at 09:47

Apparently he licks his mobile phone to make sure its clean.

Oh no - I hope this fact isn't mocked too much.

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Apr 2011 at 09:50

Isn't Jeremy Kyle a gambling addict as well as numerous other things? Plus when people actually go to get help on that programme it just seems to be 20 minutes of Jeremy Kyle shouting at a chav and then sending them off to that psychologist bloke who looks a little bit like a dragon.

LordSplodge · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:01

vonhelmet said:
It's TV made by idiots about idiots for idiots. I wouldn't take it too seriously.

+1

singist said:
Pretty much like most TV then?

Apart from the dying breed of the serious (I.e. not dumbed down) documentary. Alas the trend is for crappy reality TV and programs aimed at mouth-breathers.

Skii · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:10

Von Smallhausen said:
It narks me slightly that Jezza has so much faith in lie detector results that he can ridicule often vulnerable people on TV and get paid handsomely for it.

I would like to wire him up to it and ask if he was an aloof, exploitive and shamefully profiteering man before shoving said machine sideways up his pumper.

You may have concluded that I am not a fan.

difficult to sum that up better, suffice to say I 110% agree with you there Von.

cu3ed · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:11

Think it would be more entertaining to have Jack Bauer get the truth out of them.

steve-h · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:12

One of many things that annoys me when watching Jeremy Kyle.

Theophany · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:12

UncleRuckus said:
I think it's got something to do with socio-paths who can cheat them.

You don't need to be a sociopath, you just have to prevent the polygraph from establishing a baseline reading. i.e. lie for every answer and it will never know if you're telling the truth or not.

Or so I've read.

Redman · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:21

Skii said:
difficult to sum that up better, suffice to say I 110% agree with you there Von.

Definitely lying.

Abraham · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:49

There's a substantial amount of people who are much better lie detectors than a polygraph. In the cases where they are seriously used (not just for fluff tv) it's in conjunction with a whole host of other things, primarily just watching them.