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Lie Detector Company Threatens Critical Scientists With Suit

Posted by timothy on from the slapp-ing-them-around dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Swedish newspaper DN reports that the Israeli company Nemesysco has sent letters to researchers at the University of Stockholm, threatening legal action if they do not stop publishing findings (Google translation). An article called 'Charlatanry in forensic speech science: A problem to be taken seriously' was pulled by the publisher after threats of a libel lawsuit." Online translations can be a little wonky; if your Swedish is as bad as mine, this English-language article describes the situation well.

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  1. They should use their product on themselves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck israel

  2. #irc.trooltalk.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OpenBSD leader Theo GAY NIIGERS FROM

  3. Re:there are two enemies of science and progress by Dishevel · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please don't try to bring rational thought to a debate with an "Educated" liberal. I really don't need the headache that will surely ensue.

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  4. Re:there are two enemies of science and progress by ikono · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please don't try to bring rational thought to a debate with an "Educated" conservative. I really don't need the headache that will surely ensue.

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  5. Re:there are two enemies of science and progress by iluvcapra · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why doesn't your definition match the one at the end of your link:

    A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

    In any case, scientists shouldn't be making claims about the character of other individuals, only about the accuracy of their claims. The claims are under test, not the people. The language in the original title, assuming the translation is getting it right, is prejudicial and inflammatory, baldly assuming malice or fraud when the claims of the other scientists may only be inaccurate.

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  6. Re:there are two enemies of science and progress by nicodoggie · · Score: 1, Troll

    Funny how a post against "Educated" liberals gets a -1 Troll, and the exact same post with 'liberals' replaced with 'conservatives' gets a +5 Insightful.

    Now I understand how Bush won twice, they just trolled the polling centers.