Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000-year sentence, a group of scientists have claimed.
Philosopher Rebecca Roache is in charge of a team of scholars focused upon the ways futuristic technologies might transform punishment. Dr Roache claims the prison sentence of serious criminals could be made worse by extending their lives. She said drugs could be developed to distort prisoners' minds into thinking time was passing more slowly: "There are a number of psychoactive drugs that distort people’s sense of time, so you could imagine developing a pill or a liquid that made someone feel like they were serving a 1,000-year sentence." http://aeon.co/magazine/living-together/should-biotech-make-life-hellish-for-criminals/ http://aeon.co/magazine/living-together/should-biotech-make-life-hellish-for-criminals/ [She's basically researching new torture techniques but thinks she's doing humanitarian work.]
