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Doesn't matter what the subject is, he lies like he breathes.
kennetha
(3,666 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)take money from (someone) by cheating, defrauding, or overcharging them.
EarlG
(21,932 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)quartz007
(1,216 posts)edhopper
(33,467 posts)if he believes his own lies.
StarryNite
(9,434 posts)The truth means nothing to him. With no integrity, no moral compass, and no conscience, I think he could pass it.
ksoze
(2,068 posts)Need to have a truthful answer as a baseline. No go for Trumpy.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)The polygraph measures the stress induced by deception, but a pathological liar can lie without experiencing any stress, so the machine has nothing unusual to measure.
mythology
(9,527 posts)He enjoys inflicting pain and he clearly exhibits fear tendencies. He responds poorly to stress. He would flunk a lie detector test, probably even if he could somehow be convinced to not lie.
The pathological liars who pass them are able to control their emotional response. Trump throws temper tantrums.
Exotica
(1,461 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)unblock
(52,113 posts)polygraph machines only work properly (to the extent they work at all) on people who are physiologically affected by lie-telling.
anyone who can calmly or obliviously tell untruths can pass.
this can include a very accomplished liar as well as who simply think nothing of telling lies.
in donnie's case, he's redefined truth in his mind as whatever is convenient for him.
so if he said "yes" to a statement like "donald trump won the popular vote", the polygraph would have him pass because he'd say that calmly and happily.
perhaps ironically, if he said "no" to that same statement, the polygraph would blow a fuse because to donnie the notion that hillary got more votes would certainly cause a strong physiological response. to him, *that's* the lie, that's the "fake news".
malaise
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(67,084 posts)Grammy23
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(67,084 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)of the machine imploding into a singularity.