They think there is a replacement though. They always keep searching for something, but the realities of torture mean they never will. In reality, inevitably, torture is kept hidden anyway, so improvised means and methods because the norm. You couldn&#x27;t deny soldiers field telephone magnetos for most of the 20th century, which meant you couldn&#x27;t deny them electroshock torture devices either. Same with rubber hoses, or basins of filthy water.