Not exact matches
This is a dangerous road,
as her
nightmare's images show her: she has voluntarily amputated the hands that might hold on to some saving
certainty.
Sims, a simulated reality that exists only in a subject's mind, are in the forefront of that struggle, and
nightmares plague Tris,
as she contends with her own self - doubt, guilt, and
certainty that anyone she loves, or even gets close to, will meet a bad end.
Once it has been established
as a «fact», it doesn't matter what science says, because the doubt incubates the imagination better than
certainty, and prohibits scientific expertise from undermining the power of the
nightmare.