Posted by: yuxingzhao on: January 29, 2010
These day, I watched a TV show which end in the August 8 2009 named ” The Time Of The Truth” on FOX. This TV show is” a game a contestant is hooked up to a polygraph and asked more than 50 questions; there is no polygraph testing conducted during the actual show. Without knowing the results of the polygraph, he or she is asked 21 of those same questions again on the program, each becoming progressively more personal in nature. If the contestant answers honestly, according to the polygraph results, he or she moves on to the next question; however, should a contestant lie in his or her answer (as determined by the polygraph) or simply refuse to answer a question after it has been asked, the game ends. If he/she gives a false answer before the $10,000 level of questions, he/she leaves with nothing; after the $25,000 level, if a false answer is given, the contestant leaves with $25,000 (during the first season, a false answer on any level caused the player to leave with nothing). For each tier of questions answered correctly, the contestant wins the corresponding amount of money. A contestant may stop at any time before any question is asked and collect their earnings, but once they hear a question, they must answer it or lose the game. Answering all 21 questions truthfully, as determined by the polygraph results, wins the jackpot of $500,000.” ( This resource is from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moment_of_Truth_(U.S._game_show)
After watche a part of this TV show, I shocked a lot because the problem in this TV shows are very harsh and tricky, the palyer need to answer some questions which are very privacy such as ” Do you hate your father when you are young?” Do you have sex with your customer when you worked in the restruant?’ ” Have you cheat with your firend’s wife?” These questions I list are the most common one, for the each person, they will asked sepecified privacy problem , and their family and close friend will listen their answer which may related to themself. But , most of the answer will hurt their family and friend. But they should choose to tell the truth in order to win the money or they can choose do not answer the problem but have nothing.
I feel that in our society, the truth between people and people is becoming a thing that cannot easy to tell each other, sometimes people choose to hide something in order to not hurt their family and friends, but in the end it happens. After they know the truth, they canot go back to the good relationship and pretect nothing happen.
In another way, many people now like money than everything, in this TV show, the player choose to hurt her or his closeest people, their aims are to get the money. Is the money more improtant than to hurt another people? These people will find become a lonely rich people is not a funny things, loss the people who love you is the worest thing in the world.
Picture resource from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Moment_of_Truth_(U.S._game_show).jpg