Some consider the polygraph a pseudoscience because of the variability of the results of polygraphic testing.
Polygraph examiner
The polygraph test is not "proof-positive". The polygraph test is not completely unreliable.
parts of a polygraph machine
AHH a lie detector ANSWER by Engl1sh: A perfessional typically uses the term 'polygraph' test.
Why is phrenology considered a pseudoscience
Science is not pseudoscience. The former is authentic, the latter is fake.
science is real and pseudoscience is fake
American Polygraph Association was created in 1966.
The full scope Polygraph is any typical polygraph but it includes lifestyle questions. E.G. Have you ever had sexual relations with underage children?
Pseudoscience is a belief which is completely scientific and logical but there is no scientific method for it till now.
A polygraph is used to help detect if someone is lying.
Of course I'll submit to a polygraph test.