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An Ex-Cop's War on Lie Detectors
If you’re looking for something that only occurs one-tenth of 1 percent of the time, running a test that’s 90 percent accurate doesn’t help you.
Also known as the false positive paradox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positive_paradox
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Also known as the false positive paradox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positive_paradox