Patricia Johnston <<pjohnstn@DEEPCOVE.COM>>writes:
>
> Hi All,
> There is some controversy about allowing polygragh tests into court as
> evidence. My question is,,,,,where do we go from polygraph tests? For
> example in Heinleins, Revolt in 2100, truth serum is allowed by (their
> government) to elicite information from malfactors. In In M. Bradley
> Kelloggs, Rumor of Angels, the prisoners of the "wards" are tranquied to
> keep them submisive. Does anyone have other books in mind re fem/sf that
> addresses this issue. I guess what I am trying to say, is,,,,,in the near
> future will Govt. approve any means to elicite truth, chemical methods
> included.
> Patricia.
>
>
They're not terribly feminist, but H. Beam Piper wrote _Little Fuzzy_, _Fuzzy
Sapiens_, and _Fuzzies and Other People_. And apparently other writers wrote
about the same world and (possibly) inhabitants after Piper's death. Anyway,
in them they use a "Polyencephalographic Veridicator" which works a great
deal like a polygraph, except that it can't be fooled, except by the
"Fuzzies" which star in the books. I haven't read them in a *long* time, but
since they were written in the '50s, polygraphs were about as high-tech as it
got.
Barbara Benesch
BJBenesch@aol.com
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