what if I couldn't trust the veracity of my senses theme
We imagine what it would be like if the world our senses reported on became so peculiar that we had to question our own senses and even our sanity.
Examples
Sulu couldn't tell whether those were swirling knives out there in space while at the held or whether his eyes were tricking him in tos3x05 "And the Children Shall Lead".
22 total · 5 choice · 10 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng4x05 | choice | Beverly :: Beverly in bubble universe |
| tng4x08 | choice | Riker :: Riker in Barash's simulated fantasy world |
| tng6x21 | choice | Riker :: Riker in insane asylum |
| tng7x11 | choice | Worf :: Worf was at a loss for how to explain all the changes from jump from one reality to the next |
| tng7x25-26 | choice | Picard :: Picard |
| blackmirror7x02 | major | Maria was left to second guess her own memories when Verity started secretly manipulating physical reality with the expressed purpose of making her appear bat shit crazy. |
| movie: eXistenZ (1999) | major | Allegra and Ted quickly ran into trouble distinguishing what was real from the goings on in the virtual reality game in which they were immersed. |
| movie: Videodrome (1983) | major | Max was subject to a series of increasing bizarre hallucinations, so much so that he lost the ability to distinguish his hallucinations from reality. |
| rd1988e6x01 | major | The crew couldn't tell what was real from the various Psiren telepathically mediated illusions they were being subjected to. |
| tng4x17 | major | hallucinations abounded owing to lack of REM sleep |