A newly elected Congressman proposes a bill that will prohibit lawyers from introducing evidence into court cases that uses any type of technology to determine if someone is lying. Which of the following arguments will likely be most effective for making his case?
A. Humans are much better able to detect lies from face-to-face interactions than machines.
B. No technologies, even fMRIs, have ever produced evidence that people are lying.
C. People can trick technologies and no technology is perfect in predicting lying.
D. Such technologies only detect lying in people who are trying to suppress emotions.
Answer: C
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