A kiss for the lie detector
"Men are greater liars than women"
Chris Wild
1939
Feb. 2, 2015 marks 80 years since a polygraph was first used to bring a conviction in a U.S. court.NYPD criminologist Roy Post invented his own version of a lie detector machine. Called the Postometer, the test theoretically detected not only criminal suspects, but also to discovered the truth, or otherwise, of people's reactions to emotional stimulus. The subjects of Post's experiments placed their hands on a pair of metal plates. Their blood pressure and temperature generated a small electrical current, indicating an emotional change had occurred. The Postometer amplified these currents and displayed their levels on its needle and dial.While the technology has improved, polygraph tests are still considered by many to be unreliable forms of evidence.
The most meaningless thing in the world is the act of two women kissing. That does not even make the needle quiver. - Roy Post, 1939
