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Scientist Organizes Resistance To Polygraphs

Posted by kdawson on from the drugs-lies-and-security-clearances dept.

George Maschke writes "Brad Holian, a senior scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using a blog to organize resistance to plans for random polygraph and drug testing of Lab scientists. Holian writes: 'Polygraphy is an insulting affront to scientists, since a committee of the National Academy of Sciences has declared that, beyond being inadmissible in court, there is no scientific basis for polygraphs. In my opinion, by agreeing to be polygraphed, one thereby seriously jeopardizes his or her claim to being a scientist, which is presumably the principal reason for employment for many scientists at Los Alamos.'"

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  1. It's necessary by Marko+DeBeeste · · Score: 2, Funny

    How else can we screen out subversives that believe in that evolution nonsense?

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  2. Re:Polygraphs ... by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Have I met, worked with, or been exposed to obvious stoners that are clearly and continually unfocused, un-energetic, bad on short-term memory...

    Yes! I read and post on Slashdot.

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  3. Re:Polygraphs ... by Sique · · Score: 3, Funny

    Caffeine should be banned, as should be DHMO.

    We should also ban a substance from food where a single ounce already is deadly. But you can buy a substance like this in food stores in packages of a quarter pound and more: Sodiumchloride (NaCl), better known as SALT.

    And we need to ban fruits whose main taste is provided by a substance (Furaneol and Methoxyfuraneol), which is deadly if taken in micrograms. Lets ban strawberry.

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