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liquidm · 4443 days ago · link · · parent · post: In Germany, soldiers are viewed with contempt and mistrust
I don't know how I stand on the issue, but I do think the article seemed to be biased towards a USA culture of soldier support. I wish that the article could have elaborated more on German citizen's take on the phenomenon.
The video special was called 'Graffiti Wars" (2011). I know it has hit the torrents, but I can't find another mirror for streaming.
liquidm · 4600 days ago · link · · parent · post: A special showing the graffiti battle between Banksy and King Robbo
I think the point that they were trying to make was that Banksy used Robbo's old piece in the new piece. Also, other artists tagging over the old piece is standard, the impressive part was that no one had completely painted over the piece before Banksy.
He actually said that the average would be between 3 or 4. It was strangely worded, but the average of a six sided die is 3.5.
liquidm · 4600 days ago · link · · parent · post: New camera system monitors tiny changes in facial expressions to detect lies
All you need to do to beat the test is to tighten your anal sphincter.
As shown by Penn and Teller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bScv6kfxRyE&feature=playe...
liquidm · 4600 days ago · link · · parent · post: New camera system monitors tiny changes in facial expressions to detect lies
"In a real, high-stress situation, we might get an even higher success rate," noted Professor Ugail, who believes he'll eventually be able to detect around 90% of those who are lying, which is similar to the performance of the polygraph.
I thought this was particularly interesting considering how little scientific validity the polygraph test has. This may be an indication that reliably being able to tell if a person is lying may be an impossible feat.