Dr. John Ioannidis: “The Biggest Mistakes I am Sure Are Mine.”
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Part 3: Dr. John Ioannidis said his biggest mistake was the he
"underestimated how much power politics and media and powers outside of
science, could hav...
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One of the things I learned about Ekman in a psychology class, is that a "lie detector" is being developed based on his theories. Supposedly, when someone lies they make involuntary muscle movements in their face. The lie-detector can detect the electronic impulses in facial muscles that cause these microexpressions. Even someone that has been trained to avoid making such muscle movements cannot suppress the initial electrical signal that gets sent.
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