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Archive > Volume 40

Lying About Polygraph Tests

January / February 2016
Volume 40, No. 1

Online Extras
Pseudorelatos sobre el chupacabras
Benjamin Radford, Traducido por Alejandro Borgo

La mayoría de la gente da por sentado que el chupacabras, como sus hermanos Piegrande y Nessie, apareció hace décadas o siglos. Sin embargo, el origen de este misterioso vampiro bestial se remonta a un testigo portorriqueño que vio la película Species en 1995, en la que aparecía un monstruo casi idéntico.


Mistaken Memories of Vampires: Pseudohistories of the Chupacabra
Benjamin Radford

As well-known monsters go, the chupacabra is of very recent vintage, first appearing in 1995. However, some writers have created pseudohistories and claimed a false antiquity for the Hispanic vampire beast. These examples provide a fascinating look at cryptozoological folklore in the making.


Deepak Chopra’s “Physics”
Sadri Hassani

Deepak Chopra attempts to connect fundamental concepts of physics to consciousness and spirituality. He started (ab)using physics with his book Quantum Healing. But does he pass the first test of a true scientist: professional integrity?


Commentary
Illusions of Memory
Elizabeth F. Loftus

These are remarks by psychologist and CSI Fellow Elizabeth Loftus accepting an honorary doctorate at Goldsmiths College, University of London.


Investigative Files
The Brown Mountain Lights: Solved! (Again!)
Joe Nickell

As with UFOs, some lights will remain unidentified—not because they are inherently mysterious but because they are just eyewitness reports or snapshots with so many variable factors.


The Science of Science Communication
The X-Files Effect? Research Suggests We Shouldn’t Worry so Much over the Hit TV Series
Matt Nisbet

These findings came with an important caveat: The relationship between TV viewing and belief was only significant among those viewers who reported prior personal experience with the paranormal.


The “Lie Detector” Test Revisited: A Great Example of Junk Science
Morton E. Tavel

Although the polygraph can be useful in coercing confessions, it is based on scientifically implausible assumptions of accuracy and is biased against the innocent. The scientific community justly considers it pseudoscience, and it should be abandoned.


The ‘Lie Detector’ Test Revisited: A Great Example of Junk Science
Morton E. Tavel
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Trends in Scientific Knowledge, Education, and Religion
Charles S. Reichardt
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The Science of Meaning
Gleb Tsipursky
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Mistaken Memories of Vampires: Pseudohistories of the Chupacabra
Benjamin Radford
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Deepak Chopra’s ‘Physics’
Sadri Hassani
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From the Editor
Do We Really Want Science- Informed Candidates?
Kendrick Frazier
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News and Comment
News and Comment
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Investigative Files
The Brown Mountain Lights: Solved! (Again!)
Joe Nickell
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Psychic Vibrations
Hanging Out with Hangar 1
Robert Sheaffer
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Skeptical Inquiree
Have You Seen the Toucan Man?
Benjamin Radford
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The Science of Science Communication
The X-Files Effect? Research Suggests We Shouldn’t Worry so Much over the Hit TV Series
Matt Nisbet
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
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The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
Benjamin Radford
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Review
Lincoln’s ‘Haunting’ Presence
Joe Nickell
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Review
Invasion of the Pod People
Robert Sheaffer
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