Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth

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Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 9, 2011 @03:21AM from the refrigerator-of-truth dept.

Estonian researchers claim that magnets can either force you to lie or make it impossible. Subjects in the study had magnets placed at either the left or the right side of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and the results suggest that the individual was either unable to tell the truth or unable to lie depending on which side was stimulated. From the article: "Last year, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology also used powerful magnets to disrupt the area said to be the brain's 'moral compass,' situated behind the right ear, making people temporarily less moral."

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Fucking magnets... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-09 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

...how do they work?
1. Re:Fucking magnets... by Runaway1956 · 2011-09-09 04:11 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Just like voodoo magic. Gimme a hair off of your head, I'll make a voodoo doll, and stick a gold coin up it's ass. From now on, you'll shit gold. You'll hate going to the bathroom, but you'll soon be one of the richest mofos on this planet!
  
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2. Re:Fucking magnets... by i_b_don · 2011-09-09 05:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  "Yeah see, the magnets... they pull each other closer... they push each other away... It always goes on. you can't explain that. you can't explain it."
  
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I cannot tell a lie by elrous0 · 2011-09-09 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

...or feel my right arm.

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Re:But how do they work? by blueg3 · 2011-09-09 04:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Magnetic fields do no work.
Re:De-Gauzer by Psmylie · 2011-09-09 04:16 · Score: 3, Funny

I tried building a gauze rifle, once. It was very fluffy.

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Re:Don't tell the TSA by Jaysyn · 2011-09-09 04:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't worry, this technology will be banned by politicians faster than you can say "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

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Re:Don't tell the TSA by kdemetter · 2011-09-09 04:42 · Score: 3, Funny

I don't think this will work on politicians. They seem to have a natural resistance against the truth.
However, since they won't be able to tell lies , maybe it will just shut them up. Which is fine by me :-)

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Re:De-Gauzer by chronosan · 2011-09-09 05:18 · Score: 3, Funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle
Re:Don't tell the TSA by _0xd0ad · 2011-09-09 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny

TSA: What Color is my Shirt
Man 1: Blue
TSA: Hold on... (Flips a switch) Now what color is my shirt
Man 1: Yellow.
I want a shirt like that.