A doctor comes to our side with a heartfelt apology
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I think he's covering his ass.
Changed from "This information were (sic) to This information now...."
He sounds disingenuous. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this soon.
He just realized he might be charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Very insincere. May have to come down to lie detector tests. That would work.
Lie detector tests are crap tbh ..... I agree though he was super disingenuous in his "apology". I thought doctors would be the most critical thinkers among us but boy, was I wrong.
Not sure there will be a way to tell who is genuine with their apologies BUT at the least they should never ever be able to practice medicine again, after a long stay in prison. Unless they were knowingly evil, then they can hang.
Actually, my brother-in-law fooled one. I agree on all points.
Polygraph lie detectors are basically hocus pocus. I read somewhere they're around 60-80% accurate.
It's basically guessing.
According to research noted by the American Polygraph Association (APA) website on polygraph validity:
“The data show that techniques intended for event-specific (single issue) diagnostic testing produced an aggregated decision accuracy of 89% (confidence interval of 83% – 95%), with an estimated inconclusive rate of 11%. Polygraph techniques in which multiple issues were encompassed by the relevant questions produced an aggregated decision accuracy of 85% (confidence interval 77% – 93%) with an inconclusive rate of 13%. The combination of all validated PDD techniques, excluding outlier results, produced a decision accuracy of 87% (confidence interval 80% – 94%) with an inconclusive rate of 13%. These findings were consistent with those of the National Research Council’s (2003) conclusions regarding polygraph accuracy, and provide additional support for the validity of polygraph testing when conducted in accordance with APA Standards of Practice.”
American Polygraph Association. (n.d.). Polygraph Validity Research from http://www.polygraph.org/polygraph-validity-research
His logic about why is the biggest sign.
Being an ER Doc. He should know all too well how one mistep can end a life or alter an outcome. Yet he ignored the evidence and marched forward.
I wonder how much money he was getting to carry the admins wishes forward.