There is a futuristic technology that may be used to trick the brains of prisoners into thinking they are serving 1,000 years in prison, when in reality they are only serving 8 hours.
British scientists imagined what would happen if someone was sentenced to 1,000 in prison?
Imagine this:
A criminal accused of a horrific crime is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison. He was given a "virtual sentence" that made him feel like he had been through a thousand years, when in fact it was only a few hours.
This technology was first proposed by Rebecca Roach, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of London, UK, and it is called "virtual prison sentence". This technology could change the way criminals are punished.
researcher Rebecca Roach said drugs could be used to manipulate the brain, "There are a number of psychoactive drugs that distort people's sense of time, so one could imagine developing a pill or liquid that would make prisoners feel like they were Serve a 1,000-year sentence."
Another way, Rebecca Roach believes that in the future, scientists can connect someone's mind to a computer and then use the computer to "speed up" their thinking, which may allow prisoners to It feels like they have passed 1000 years. In other words, "speed up" the brain's work.
There is currently a lot of controversy about "virtual sentences". Some people say that this technology has many benefits:
First, it reduces the actual prison time of criminals (but it does not feel reduced), thereby reducing the time to "reform criminals".
The second is that prisons no longer have to pay so much money to care for prisoners long-term, which may be more efficient.
However, some people think that this approach will face many problems:
For example, is it humane to let a person live only in his mind for hundreds of years? Will it have an impact on their memory and mental health? Will the drugs cause harm to the prisoner's body?
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