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Theyos t1_j284zjb wrote
Reply to comment by NemesisSenpai in eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
Because, as we all know people have no reason at all to be anxious when held by the police, even when innocent.
ScimitarPufferfish t1_j284wy7 wrote
Reply to comment by NemesisSenpai in eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
You don't think the average person might be a tad nervous about appearing in court? Whoops, looks like your heartbeat is a bit elevated! Guilty you are, off to jail with you.
NemesisSenpai OP t1_j284r0m wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
If you have done nothing wrong, you wouldn't have anything to be nervous about.
smashuhleen t1_j284q5f wrote
Reply to eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
Lie detector tests are not that accurate, certainly not accurate enough to convict someone with.
ScimitarPufferfish t1_j284lq6 wrote
Reply to eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
They are indeed highly accurate (in measuring stress). Nothing more. "Lie detectors" are just machines measuring stress-related data coupled with a big dollop of subjective interpretation of said data.
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DrFafnir t1_j283txt wrote
Reply to comment by THEchiQ in ELI5: How is vehicle suspension ‘tuned’ for local (i.e. country) conditions? by KDNA-AUST
Why?
TheKittenSaur t1_j282rvv wrote
Reply to comment by 152centimetres in ELi5: Why do people cough when they clean their ears with q-tips? by Ok-Citron4261
This👆also stay away from your ears with the q-tips!!! They do more harm than good.
Valuable_Ad_742 t1_j280fm2 wrote
Reply to comment by 152centimetres in ELi5: Why do people cough when they clean their ears with q-tips? by Ok-Citron4261
I have also never heard of this
adept-grumblefish28 t1_j280bni wrote
Reply to comment by dirtycumsock69420914 in eli5; how does the stock exchange work? by dirtycumsock69420914
Your very welcome!
152centimetres t1_j27zsy6 wrote
who are these people? i've never met someone who does that
the ear canal is connected to the nose and throat tho and if you go too deep it may irritate the system and ur body might cough to try to get rid of the irritant, but again i've never heard of this
dirtycumsock69420914 OP t1_j27zspr wrote
Reply to comment by adept-grumblefish28 in eli5; how does the stock exchange work? by dirtycumsock69420914
this was honestly really helpful !! thank you so much :)
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Reply to comment by Tash11e in ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? by degobrah
My mum has parkinsons and has both visual and auditory hallucinations, plus she is super paranoid all the time.
She has the odd hour or so of clarity, but lately she's been stopping mid sentence because she cant remember words or what she's talking about.
Ive read this is late stage parkinsons but the doctors wont den or confirm this.
cloisteredsaturn t1_j27yr2p wrote
Reply to comment by firelizzard18 in ELI5: How does "acquired taste" work? And how are some tastes able to be acquired no problem, while others will never be acquired? by PuzzleBrain20
Sounds like it was bile. Usually if you’re throwing that up, you don’t have any food left in there but the body’s still trying to get rid of the pathogen.
adept-grumblefish28 t1_j27xu3m wrote
The stock exchange is a place where people buy and sell shares of companies. When you buy a share of a company, your kind of like a tiny owner of that company. You get to share in the profits that the company makes and you can sell your share to someone else if you want to. The stock exchange is kind of like a big, crazy auction. People always buying and selling shares, and the prices go up and down all the time depending on how much people want to buy or sell - supply and demand. If lots of people want to buy a share, the price goes up. If lots of people want to sell a share, the price goes down.
The prices can change loads in just a few minutes. Some people make a lot of money on the stock exchange, but other people lose money. It's a bit like gambling.
BrainstormsBriefcase t1_j27wnp7 wrote
Reply to comment by cheesynougats in ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? by degobrah
Pick’s disease is frontotemporal Dementia
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firelizzard18 t1_j27uijr wrote
Reply to comment by cloisteredsaturn in ELI5: How does "acquired taste" work? And how are some tastes able to be acquired no problem, while others will never be acquired? by PuzzleBrain20
I got food poisoning a year or so back and I threw up something the color of Gatorade (almost neon yellow). I think it was bile but I really did not expect that color to come out of me.
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Reply to eli5: If Lie Detector tests are highly accurate, why are they not used in court? by NemesisSenpai
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