Is he short? Seems like a short kinda guy

Probably is a job requirement for the position actually

but do no work to disprove what they already believe.

But that's the LAWYERS job /s

I think it's only been used to convict 1 person but, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optography

I don't know if it's true (let me know if I've been taken for a ride), but I've been told that you can make it look like you lie on a polygraph simply by contacting your anus and slowly unclenching while answering, throwing their analysis out the window.

While that is true, they have several techniques to make people nervous specifically about their lies.

They ask them baseline questions such as their name to establish general nervousness. They can give the list of questions beforehand so that your expectation of the question you plan to lie about will make you more nervous.

And then there are ways to avoid lies causing nervousness. The best one is that some people can convince themselves that the lie is the truth. Other methods include certain drugs or distracting yourself in certain ways.

At least he doesn't look paranoid...

“[Their] need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”

Real leaders would take the time to understand why someone doesn’t like them, do a little self reflection to see if it’s either a valid point or just a perception issue, and then work to fix the issue if there is one. If it’s just a person who just doesn’t like them but is good at their job, just ignore it. If they are truly not a good fit or just a bad actor who just thrives in negativity, then you either find a better fit for them or then you fire them.

I’m very much a pleaser type personality but if someone doesn’t like me for whatever reason, I don’t really sweat it if it doesn’t affect me personally. Most people like me but not everyone and that’s ok. This constant need to be surrounded by yes men and sycophants is just disturbing.

True. And real leaders don't want to lead.

It is not reliable at all, and yes, it is widely considered to be psuedoscience. Yes, this is a batshit insane scenario

You can even train to beat them, so it’s definitely not a reliable method.

It measures things accurately but this has absolutely nothing to do with identifying if someone is telling the truth or not.

The “original” snowflakes. “I can’t drink from the same water fountain as a colored person!” Type of people.

As if anyone trusted Patel anyway.

Polygraphs have always been close to useless even for normal people. Anyone being interrogated isnyoing to be nervous and likely set them off.

However, you have to be slighlty, remotely intelligent to understand that nuance. And that is not an affliction any Trump cabinet appointee has.

Republicans/Conservatives in a nutshell.

It'd be funnier if they passed while being as sarcastic as possible just to mess with him

Of course, "lie detectors" are bunk.

Comparing them to clowns is an insult to clowns.

Because of a general sense in the population that they do work. It's kind of a myth of super competence.

So wait... It's not Tiny Dick Syndrome?

Good thing the system already selects for people that can pass polygraphs without much issue.
It is also junk technology.

That's drug induced and you cannot convince me it isn't.

I don't think so.

They're weeding out non-loyalists because the fascism is going to be ratcheted up tremendously, and for that to happen, they need people without a conscience. True believers.