Lots of people, not just U.S. government employees, are having profitable fun talking about lie detectors. Alice Shirrell Kaswell of our staff reports that intrepid inventor and scientific superman Britton Chance is working on one. In an article in OE Magazine, he describes his hand-held cogno-sensor. He also describes himself, with characteristic modesty:
Sitting in his office at the University of Pennsylvania, Britton Chance could easily just rest on his laurels, content. Words like “legend” come to mind.
But what else do you call a man who fished with Ernest Hemingway and has the stuffed marlin to prove it, who patented the original autopilot for ships, who won both an Olympic Medal and a National Medal of Science, and who helped the WWII war effort as part of teams that developed radar-pointing mechanisms for anti-aircraft guns and the ground position indicator to direct radar-guided bombs to their targets? …
While one should never discount Chance’s chances, the savvy favor a less-heralded, impressive, cost-effective alternative. It works as reliably or better than any of the pricier high-tech methods. It is the Shocking Liar Lie Detector, which retails for $16.95. The instruction sheet inspires as much confidence as does any published material from the competing technologies:
The manufacturer accepts no responsibility for any inaccurate readings that may lead to marital or personal disputes.
TIP: Stay cool and calm during the questioning .