The Mandela Effect is a term for where a group of people all mis-remember the same detail, event or physicality. It is named after the instance in which a large group of people all shared the same memory that Nelson Mandela died prior to his actual 2013 death, usually some time in the 1980’s. The effect exploded in popularity on the internet when a peculiar example popped up where a majority of people seemed to have recalled the Berenstain Bears books as being spelled as “Berenstein” or some other variation, differing from the actual spelling as presented by evidence.
The effect is somewhat different from a false memory as it effects large groups of people, seemingly without many connections and without the same emotional factors present. It also seems stronger and harder to escape the feeling that it’s simply a mis-remembering of a detail, which is why people are so adamant with claims of their memories. As such, it’s often been hinted at that the Mandela Effect is closely related to cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance can be mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds beliefs, ideas, or values and is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values. Please note the use of “can be” as there is many purists that don’t accept the broader definition and scope of cognitive dissonance applying to memory versus reality.
Many Mandela Effects are usually trivial details about an oddly specific set of categories. These include things such as the how and when of celebrity deaths, misspellings (usually replaced or removed letters), placement of geographical locations, quotations within media, or alternate imagery.
It is also related to misconceptions in general, although, again is differentiated due to the obscure nature and odd feelings resulting from learning the reality. The solutions, explanations and reasons for the misconceptions are also cryptic and often misrepresented or unknown altogether.
The term it fits most with is “confabulation” which is a disturbance of memory which produces fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about the world, without the explicit or conscious intention to deceive others. People who confabulate in this way produce incorrect memories about the most trivial details (as seen with most Mandela Effects) but range up to more complex fabrications as well. They are generally extremely confident in their recollections and will typically resist any contradictory evidence.
The aim of this site is unique among the current offerings online to attempt to dissect the possible causes and solutions for this perplexing phenomenon with a scientific, rational approach. If you’ve come to read about merging of universes, alternate timelines, and time travel then you are in the wrong place (unless you have evidence of such things!). It is of my opinion that the Mandela Effect is a real thing; however, steeped in the realm of sociology and psychology and not science fiction.
Listing of Mandela Effects explored on the site so far:
- Category: Mandela Effects
More information:
Related psychological and phenomenons (possible explanations/factors):
- Misinformation effect
- Confirmation bias
- Misattribution of memory
- Cryptomnesia
- List of common misconceptions
- False memory
- Cognitive dissonance
- Confabulation
I dive into each of these on the Common Explanations page.
As a child it always said in the books “mirror, mirror, on the wall”, not “magic mirror on the wall”. I think Hollywood changed it. Further more, the Tom Hanks quote from Forrest Gump was originally “Life IS like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get.” They changed the IS, in the sentence to WAS. The same with “Froot Loops”, that I’m 100 % positive was “Fruit Loops”, back in my youth. I may sound crazy and I sure wish it wasn’t true, but there is no doubt in my mind about these facts. Undoubtedly, there must be others.
The bears was changed to Bernstein in 2001. This is not a by che king Google’s time machine you. An see when the spelling changed.
No. In this universe it’s always been Berenstain Bears. Even books as far back as the 60’s confirm this. 80’s TV show as well. This is the A universe. Whether there is another universe is debatable. But this one has been consistent.
Okay. So growing up jewish i distinctly remember having this argument in elementary school with a berenstain bears book. The expectation is that the name will be berenstein, like common jewish names goldstein for instance. The closest approximation. Names people are already familiar with. But look its berenstain. The bears are very much so not Jewish, by any means. Those are some waspy frickin bears- with wasp values.
I walked past a chic-fil-A sign every day and remember when it was changed to Chick-fil-A.
The sign literally changed and I stared at it for a good long time, way before there was people talking about it on the Internet.
The cows would misspell words like chikin on the advertisements. I have a great memory.
And none of these examples on this page really explain what’s happening.
I walked past a chic-fil-A sign every day and remember when it was changed to Chick-fil-A.
The sign literally changed and I stared at it for a good long time, way before there was people talking about it on the Internet.
The cows would misspell words like chikin on the advertisements. I have a great memory.
And none of these examples on this page really explain what’s happening.
I don’t see the religious connection. Im not religious
Agnostic…mb Atheist. I have experienced this Mandela Effect, but have link to religion.
I have some ideas on it but i dont believe it as any rapture or some Godly event.
Good luck on your journey.
check out thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6deFFP6_crg at 10.49 there is a replica car in the Ford Museum showing that the car was a 4 seater, not a 6 seater!
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Dear All,
I am currently renting a flat with a co-worker/friend, who is obsessed at the moment with this topic. Do not get me wrong, I am YOUR GUY when it comes to conspiracies. However, this new trend of parallel universes, as any other, was introduced to the public the same way we get programmed: by the media.
My friend has investigated ant tried to prove his claims, but the way I see, the way I remember and the way I feel let me know when my memories are real (The mind will create memories where none exist). Also, people will point first at the object having changed rather than saying it was their mistake for not remembering/reading carefully.
An example of how things could change? Okay, let’s follow your routine everyday until you leap from Y to X dimension (you weren’t aware of it). Then what? Did you occupy your own place as an interloper of this reality (Dimension X)? And if so, you are You_1 in reality_2, occupying You_2 spot. Is there the same amount of people in other realities? Do all own the same pet? Is it named the same way?
Those little misspellings/different facts WOULD affect the outcome of reality. I believe that if I went back in time to yesterday and changed it little (by not washing my teeth), it would affect the bigger outcome of the future eventually, as my chain of decisions will have been tampered with.
If there are many copies of me in other realms, that would prove I am not human. I would just be an image or an imperfect copy of the relative “true world”.
When it comes to brand images having changed, it reminds me of the famous logo game. (The same logo presented, only different minor details.)
When it comes to movie quotes, this is my explanation: People shortens info to not sound like idiots when quoting.
Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough! He told me YOU killed him.
Vader: No, I am your father.
Luke: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
–Shortened: Luke, I am your father. —
As for the “Life WAS like a box of chocolates” quote, it clearly makes sense to say that Forrest was talking about the past at that time, but you were watching the events in PRESENT (brought to you by the magic of Hollywood). Long story short, he said “was”, but you were watching “IS” (Memories, Past).
For any other historical event/fact discrepancy, it is done by the powers that be. They change, correct and inject the required information for the sheeple.
If a science fact is corrected, nobody remembers how the previous fact was presented (as absolute truth at that time… now this is the current truth).
The powerful elite has kept us in the dark with wild fantasies from fiction as part of the human “Reality”.
Cheers and please, do not flame this guy with fire.
Sorry for the subpar English.
It ain’t rocket science. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases
Your statement sounds so much interesting. I am new to all these terms “Mandela Effect”, “Quantum” etc…. I just hope I could understand more ! Thank you though!
~Cindy
Cindy, I recommend finding talks by Neil Degrasse Tyson on You Tube. He is an astrophysicist/cosmologist who explains a lot of these subjects in terms us “common folks” can understand. Not sure if I’ve heard him talk about the Mandela Effect, but he includes Quantum Physics in much of his discussions.
Excellent and logical comment!
This is exactly what I think is the deal.
They are year after year active to create moments with things some remember different than reality due to programming / conditioning. So the Mandela effect will “happen” as perfectly planned. At the time someone points at the alternate memory and you believe the Mandela effect and so the cern Hadron collider and the kwantum computer are the real deal. But in our reality wich happens to be created are no alternative realities. One God one humanity. According to the book. There are others. But not in this reality. Hyer or lower dimensions. Yes. But locked off according to the book.
Hope to inspire every body to fund your truth.
Yep that works for me!
If you’re the conspiracy GUY, I’m the female counterpart. And your comment puts into words what I’ve been thinking about this subject since it’s become such a hot topic recently. I think many, many “conspiracy theories” hold water. This isn’t one of them. We humans give ourselves WAY too much credit for our memories. Parallel universes, wormholes opening up, the rapture (small r cause that’s bullshit, too), CERN…..this is just another disinformation ruse to get us off track for what we really need to be looking for.
Debunk this idiots! : Google “Bizarre Foods”. Who is the host?
Andrew SAID in an episode that he changed his name back to the true spelling his grand parents had in Germany. Zimmern. It was anglicized upon their entry to New York to Zimmerman by immigration census takers. Sorry, but you can ask him. I saw him explain it on tv.
As planned so some people remember different. Strange thing I see is a pattern of most small or German words are used. Small words are often heard different. In the Netherlands we have a radio show based upon this to train you to hear different. And German words?? As a German car logo. Mind control happens to be German cience. Coincidence or planned Mandela effect. Not real. No alternate realities. But one created realm. No galaxy. No other planets. Go and find your/ the real truth.
No other planets? Wow…. that’s a new one. I guess “they” must have a really good projector!
Could you post a link to something documenting that? I could totally believe it, I just would like a transcript or episode number or something. I have looked on my own and just not been able to find it.
The balded guy as I remember. I’ve seen a lot of episodes. Not any different. Who do you remember?
I thought his name was Zimmerman?!?!?
People that claim the Mandela effect is not real are either people with bad memories or they truly don’t experience it themselves. But I know for a fact my memory is very good and I remember many things vividly being different.
And most people who claim the Mandela effect isn’t real try to use the scriptures to prove it wrong… but I say that those people never knew the verses to begin with! Many Bible verses I know for a fact have changed!!! I am living proof the Mandela effect is real. I have experienced it in many things! My memories are not wrong and to claim so many people have false memories are blatantly stupid to think that way!
I personally believe that truly conscious people are more likely to notice it than people blinded by their own stupidity!
Excuse me for trying. But I see it a bit different. The Mandela effect is real. I think you can trust your memory. Because it’s designed to upset you and me. Because I also see the Mandela effect appear before my eyes. But realise the human effort in it. I can explain exactly what I mean. But it will be a long one and at be better 1 on 1. My answers are tailor made to the questionnaire. And better digested by the individual. Profile name face book is psy Dave. Picture of a bull terrier.
Hope to assist you to realise the truth. Whatever it may be.aybe u prove me wrong.
I agree. I’m experiencing it myself. My family is worried and I am scared. I can get over movies and logos but every map I look at is wrong and I have never seen so many clouds before. Now I can watch an old movie and see skies full of clouds that weren’t there before
Memories can be false or altered! But to claim so many people are wrong is straight up ignorance! No one can convince me that everything I remember differently is wrong!
Looney toons is now Looney tunes!
Chic-fil-a is now chick-fil-a!
And many Bible verses are different !
Hitler had brown eyes! He now has blue eyes!
The list goes on and on!
No one can tell me I’m wrong! So many people cannot be wrong! Children of God do not be deceived! Your memories can be fooled or altered(which is not the case for the Mandela effects I know to be true), but evil people will try to convince you your memories are false… false prophets Alway claim to be right…
Regardless of how it is happening! It is real! God allows use to have testimony! Its his will that we speak the truth in the face of adversity
Just finding out about this . Google it . It basically said it’s a psych condition . We also found bible verses that were not the same . Looked in two different versions . And we also know that Forest Gump said Life is like a box of Chocolates . I’ve watched that movie about two hundred times . No lie
we know that but they want to keep telling us we have shitty memories and mis-quote very popular sayings in pop culture in mass amounts. Millions of people covering they’re mouths saying luke i am your father, for decades, and nobody ever corrected anyone and told them they were quoting the movie wrong. You’d think someone would have been made fun of for stupidly misquoting such a popular movie. Can you imagin everyone walking around after ace ventura came out saying, “aaall-righty then” and then one guy says,”oky-doky then”, everyone would have killed the guy with ridicule.
“false prophets Alway claim to be right…” You mean like when you make these claims: “No one can convince me that everything I remember differently is wrong!” and “No one can tell me I’m wrong!” and “Regardless of how it is happening! It is real!”
Well said Angel of Truth
Since our “memories can be fooled or altered,” why do you assume that your memories of “Mandela Effect” details are accurate? How would those memories be immune to fooling or alterations?
oh snap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have also experienced the mandela effect. I first heard of it a few weeks ago, i immediatly went looking at the world map on the internet and couldn’t believe my eyes :p The crazy thing was it also changed in my atlas from 1992. Also the other mandela effects are happening to me (like luke, im your father and the VW logo)
I personally don’t think it could be proven but i’m sure it’s happening 😀 Nobody knows what’s really happening and what’s the meaning of this mandela effect, but i think it’s something positive and supernatural. Remember there are only 2 things in the world fear and love and the elite wants you to believe it’s CERN because it gets you scared! Maybe the maya’s and the hindu’s were right and is the shift really happening 🙂
A Google search told me CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research. What did you mean?
Anyhow, I’ll try to explain this phenomenon:
When you first develop a memory of something, it is fresh and completely accurate. Each time you recall it, it becomes a little more warped. For example, as a child, you might have had a very close friend who later became an enemy.
You loved them as a child, but when you think back on your memories, you are likely imposing your current thoughts about the individual into your memories (you’ll remember liking them, but not why, since your mental state has changed).
The “Mandela Effect” is a lot like this. External sources have changed your mind about a certain thing/event/quote and, once you go back to the original, that memory you used to have has now been warped. You may remember it as clearly as if it happened yesterday, since your brain is excellent at creatively altering memories one piece at a time, but it doesn’t mean your memory is accurate.
Vaughn and Kate Gladstone are cyber-bullies who have a superiority complex. Notice how they only respond to those who usually make slight grammatical errors or inconceivable opinions, beliefs, and/or memories. I provide my ad hominems simply because you do not give authentic, caring responses; you only provide criticism. There are genuine responses in this forum, with people who are truly concerned and/or aware of the events taking place. Conforming to one limited and incomplete understanding of reality will never allow further understanding to develop. By dismissing the possibility of such events, such as a parallel universe slips, then what do you expect the true nature of reality to be? What it already is? Certainly that can not be, because you do not have a complete infinite understanding of the true nature of reality. Thanks for your time, and do not put down those simply due to their spelling and bizarre “stories”, because for many this is a reality. Whether you are blinded, not aware, or are fortunate enough to not have to experience the changes because of your positioning in space time, then you should never put down somebody because unless “YOUR REALITY” allows you to be more than person and read minds, you DO NOT know the true nature of reality. Thanks again for your time.
Yes, there are slight spelling and grammatical errors in my previous post. Respond how you will, or simply delete the comment. I just wanted to be allowed to speak my mind.
*parallel universe slip
*more than one person
Feel free to provide a relevant and constructive response so that a mutually beneficial and positive conversation may follow. If not, then I shall find others, for there are many. Do not fall the those who call you crazy, either they are not experiencing the changes, are in denial, or are a part of it. Simple as that. Thanks again for your time.
Ad hominems aren’t the only fallacies you provide as you clearly have mistaken me for somebody who has not experienced these effects. I have indeed, and I simply looked for rational answers rather than supernatural and pseudoscience. Provide me evidence and proof of “parallel universe slips” and this “reality” that you speak of and i’ll gladly change my opinion.
I’m not sure where you are getting that I am hostile, criticize grammar, or that I delete comments. I approve everything here (as long as it’s not a personal attack).
I normally don’t reply to a lot on this site because it’s basically just a flame war with people citing it’s Satan, it’s a parallel universe, it’s CERN (lol), it’s alternate realities, and it’s anything but the most logical, verifiable answers. I tend not to argue with people that are not willing to change their mind, presented the evidence.
Please explain how you look for a rational answer to prove that something that has never existed in this reality did in fact exist.
Anyone who regards facts as “bullying” deserves the consequences of that way of regarding facts.
What about the last verse in Queen’s song and videos “We are the champions”?
how did the last verse use to end and how does it end now?
We all have heard this song a million times. Check this out and tell me I haven’t lost my mind.
The last verse of the chorus is “cause we are the champions of the world” and the last verse of the whole song is “cause we are the champions.” It has always been that way.
I don’t get your point.
Of the world….that is the last line I remember.
“Of the World” is only on the live version. Look it up on YT.
https://youtu.be/FwI9VmiKpp8 THIS WAS POSTED IN 2014 when did the whole movie lines thing come out because if it was after 2014 i suspect people are using this and similar to create the mandella effect. or if the effect is real they made this to confuse us
also i see so called evidence like this https://youtu.be/8_i5Z0KbSKU and i dont understand the comments it clearly says began but people cant hear it. the thing is you can also manipulate what the singer says by singing in your head along with the lines. the argument is that the singer sings pretend to pray. the thing is it sounds abit like both depending on what you use when singing in your head.
its the same with this piece of evidence https://youtu.be/XcqUk6uVRl8 all i can hear them say is THE but someone has but an A in the subs to try and trick you brain just read the comments is everyone going mad or what
A warning as given to the church of Thessalonia, (2 Thessalonians 2) “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[b] to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings[c] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter. 16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” (NIV)
Without spiritual discernment (which ONLY comes as a gift from the Holy Spirit), I don’t expect everyone to get this, but if you humble yourself before the Lord, and you continuly ask Him to open your eye, He may grant that. Much of what we are dealing with today, are judgements from God because of our unbelief and disobedience to Him. The end, due to much of this, is nearer.
-R
Amen to spiritual discernment! All this nonsense tells me is that the Lord is coming soon… Very soon! We believers must remain faithful and dedicated, never forgetting what He has taught us through His Word.
How it happened, I will not speculate.
What I do know with absolute certainty, there are verses in my KJV bible that have changed.
Does anyone remember Tabasco being made by Nabisco or is it just me? Also found the Nabisco logo odd…
I’d like to point out an arguement by a lawyer that has been effected by the mandela effect. If it were faulty memory why is that everyone remebers the change exactly the same. If it truly were faulty memory then one person would remeber different from another person. I think this is a valid argument
Here’s an awesome Mandela effect story for you all….I used to work with two sisters who moved to america from Brazil…I’m martial artist and have learned many disciplines…Brazilian jui jitsu being one of them…I expressed to them how cool it would be to go to Brazil to train…I asked if it was a long trip to get there and they said it wasn’t too bad if you went through Miami…because its almost a straight shot south from there…now when I look at an atlas, it appears to me that Argentina and Chile are east of Florida…I always thought that those two countries were in the same time zone as California…hmmm…my mind is boggled
All those earthquakes must have shifted South America further east! On your globe too!
(That was sarcasm, but maybe you’re wrong and just need to seek the living God.)
Religion is like a penis dont whip it out in public and wave it at everybody
Might i add that the lack of religion is like the lack of ”penis” when one should have it… or at list some balls. Just cause some choose to belive in intelligent design doesn’t mean that they are morons . Religion simply tries to ” solve ” what science never will, meaning the ”incognoscible” part of our universe.
I agree with it being cognitive dissonance. It’s amazing to me how upset someone gets these days when they’re proven wrong. It’s like their very life depends on the “fact” they hold, and ANY proof to the contrary causes extreme mental anguish. They’ll do anything to rationalize their point of view, including claims of government tampering, parallel universes, or other conspiracy oriented explanations.
I think a major cause of this is the extreme lack of proper education. I was given a “classical” secondary education, including learning Latin, Greek, logic, philosophy, and ancient history. None of the “new” math, or “feel-good” social studies. I was taught to think for myself, and carefully analyze “facts”, instead of blindly accepting whatever my instructors said. Today, children are taught EXACTLY the opposite. Don’t think, just regurgitate and fill in the little bubbles…
“I was taught to think for myself…”
Wonderful! Then I presume that if someone approaches you one day and mentions that the Sphinx sits not in the Giza Plateau, but in Luxor…
… and after insisting that it’s in Giza to no avail, you turn to a book or the internet to show said person his error only to find that everything states, as was his claim, that the Sphinx is in Luxor…
… you will promptly “think for yourself” and say, “I studied ancient history. I’ve watched documentaries that discussed the Sphinx of Giza. I’ve read books that went on at great length about the construction of the Sphinx at Giza. Now I’m supposed to believe that the entirety of that knowledge and all associations my mind has made thereof along the timeline of my life are merely fabrications – a kink in the vault of memories my brain tends to and guards?
No. Something is wrong here and as someone who decidedly isn’t crazy, I’m certainly going to explore possible reasons for this besides my concocting an alternate reality to this extent unbeknownst to myself.”
You certainly wouldn’t “blindly accept whatever everyone else says” and agree that the Sphinx is and always has been in Luxor in spite of that being in direct conflict with a reality that not only you but a large percentage of others remember in vivid detail.
Right?
What’s amazing to me is how haughty some people can be about their “upbringing” and “education”. You haven’t been gifted in some rare and perfect way for studying things millions of others have studied. You aren’t the only human being taught to have a critical eye and you aren’t the only one capable of distinguishing between wild theory and fact.
What you are is someone who thinks more highly of himself than warranted and more lowly of others simply because they’ve had a deeply impactful experience you’re in no position to diminish or qualify and searched for an answer broader than, “You’re mistaken.”
Let us all remember that every “fact” we know today was at one point entirely unknown or considered malarkey. Let us also remember that no matter how much we may pride ourselves in what we “know”, it does and always will pale in comparison to what we don’t.
As for the Mandela Effect, I’ve experienced it and while I believe most experiences can be explained simply by repeat, shared, yet unperceived external influence, I’m neither arrogant enough nor stupid enough to claim with any authority that every other theory is objectively wrong and label that “opinion” as “fact”.
Second, cognitive dissonance is not, as this website states, “… essentially the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values.” That definition is skewed in a way that makes cognitive dissonance apply here more than it does.
Cognitive dissonance is primarily behavioral, relating to the discomfort we experience when our actions contradict our thoughts. If you believe only terrible people lie AND believe that you are NOT a terrible person, telling a lie will create a non-congruence that your mind will seek to resolve and you’ll experience “discomfort” until that resolution is reached.
Cognitive dissonance isn’t refusing to accept “reality” and “fact” as presented to you. That’s called denial.
Sorry, good try, but you can’t ‘debunk’ the Mandela Effect.
If you think that you can then you don’t actually understand the concept.
Also, memories are strongly associative with related and unrelated past events and other sensory information and most people have extremely specific reference points for their memories involving the Mandela Effect memories that conflict with their current state.
The claim that you can debunk this topic based on the fact that you believe a person or group of people are misremembering things is a logical fallacy, as you do not have access to their memories, nor are you the Arbiter of Truth.
Lastly, most people come across these Mandela Effect facts that conflict with their memories on their own individually and then hit up a search engine in disbelief to confirm the results, which then often leads them to not only the answer confirming the conflict, but links to sites with Mandela Effect lists that include the item. This is how most people discover the phenomenon, so they are not pre-influenced by ‘group think’ and are not experiencing confirmation bias as you suggest.
The fact that you felt the need to waste time creating a site to debunk a topic as harmless as the Mandela Effect is suspect in itself and shows that you were obviously emotionally triggered by the concept and felt the need to defend the status quo. Your eloquent, “…it’s CERN (lol)…” prose is ample evidence that you have no business writing anything that could be remotely considered academic or investigative in nature.
You need to get over your own ego you simple-minded solopsist .
“Arbiter of Truth” reporting for duty sir. Since you brought up fallacies, here’s a list of fallacies you make in your response:
Oh ya, and if you want to be meta about the whole thing:
Your assertion is incorrect and doesn’t represent my actual thoughts (straw man). The only claim I will make is to state that memories are not truth and don’t constitute fact or reality. If you want to know why this is the case, please research – there’s tons of resources.
It wouldn’t be hard to test it. Get the subjects together and do the tests, or you might give Occams Razor a shot first.
That cereal makers, movie makers, bible makers, chic_@ makers™ wouldn’t do ANYTHING to manipulate you into buying their products again and again is the epitome of stupidity.
Saw an episode of “South Park” once, where the gang wanted to kill the makers of The Star Wars franchise because they were threatening to make changes to the movies and re-release them. I’m not a fan, but maybe they did that. You might want to check it out.
The “evidence” I’ve seen is really sparse and some so obviously facile. The difference between the letter “A” And the word; “The”? Unless you own an original copy of ‘An Interview With THE[A] Vampire”, (The book or the movie), the sound similarity disqualifies this.
Changes in the King James version of the bible is of special interest to me. I’m a theologian. I’ve seen some claims of changes there, but I also know there is not one King James version of the bible. There are many.
How the brain operates to associate and secure for recall, cryptic or loosely understood concepts is a possible study in itself. Here, Occams Razor has a great advantage.
Your assertion that subjects discovered the ME because an experience drove them to research it is a logical inversion. The rational thing for them to have done is to go to a psychiatrist.
Last thing. Saw a clip of “Life is[was] like a box of chocolates”. If it’s a “commercial” clip, they may have changed it. Buy the movie and watch it again, or call the studio and ask. Get “evidence”.
Sir, regarding your comment: “there is not one King James version of the bible. There are many.”
My experience is that it is NOT the differences in the various versions of the Bible and any NEW publications. MY EXPERIENCE is that the words in my Bible sitting on my shelf and having been in my posession for almost 40 years…have changed. NOT a new publication, but MY OLD TIMEWORN, UNDERLINED, BIBLE has words in it now that were not in it before, and the maps in the back of the Bible have changed to match this new…. whatever world it is that was not mapped “back in the day”.
ALSO, you said (regarding the Forrest Gump movie: ) Buy the movie and watch it again, or call the studio and ask. Get “evidence”. THAT is exactly what one CANNOT do to resolve this, because THOSE THINGS YOU MAY BUY are also changed. For example, I have an OLD BIBLE collection, the earliest being 1776 and THOSE are changed also. I read where a 1600 something Bible has the word “stuffe” (stuff) being in the place of the word meaning ‘things that are owned and possesed by a person’ . Stuff??? that is a modern word. Also money being put in a “bank” in the Bible. They didn’t use banks then; there were the money changers who were used. And just the simple fact that the Truth now “makes” you free rather than ” sets ” you free, seems pretty minor, but when the word is changed while sitting on my shelf, it is pretty important to me (besides… being SET free is pretty powerful, while being “made” free (according to the root words) means simply a declaration of a condition. kinda minor, right? but I figure God has protected his Word this long, He will continue to do so…. But I don’t like anything, supernatural or otherwise, messing with my Bible.
To Rusty La Violette:
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” I read where a 1600 something Bible has the word “stuffe” (stuff) being in the place of the word meaning ‘things that are owned and possesed by a person’ . Stuff??? that is a modern word.”
No, the word “stuff” existed in 1594 — seventeen years before the KJV — when Shakespeare used “stuff” in COMEDY OF ERRORS. Here are two lines from Act Five, Scene One of that play, with the word “stuff” used just as we use it in our own time:
COMEDY OF ERRORS, Act Five, Scene One:
“Master, shall I fetch your stuff from shipboard?”
“Dromio, what stuff of mine did you put on a ship?”
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“Also money being put in a “bank” in the Bible. They didn’t use banks then; there were the money changers who were used.”
No, the word “bank” in English — as a name for places where you can deposit/withdraw/borrow/exchange money — first shows up in documents from the early fourteenth century (again, well before the King James Version). Even before then , in Bible times, the Romans and Greeks and other civilizations had such places (in their home, and in conquered nations such as the a Holy Land) and had names in their own languages for such places.
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“And just the simple fact that the Truth now ‘makes’ you free rather than ‘sets’ you free, seems pretty minor, but when the word is changed while sitting on my shelf, it is pretty important to me (besides… being SET free is pretty powerful, while being ‘made’ free (according to the root words) means simply a declaration of a condition. kinda minor, right?”
Wrong.
In the eras when slavery was legal — when there were, therefore, legal procedures and documents for freeing a slave — freeing a slave could be, and was, equally often described as “making the slave free” or “setting the slave free.” Both expressions, and their equivalents in other languages (not just in English) were considered to be equal in meaning and in power: both expressions meant the same major, life-changing new status for the (ex-)slave.
To Rusty La Violette:
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” I read where a 1600 something Bible has the word “stuffe” (stuff) being in the place of the word meaning ‘things that are owned and possesed by a person’ . Stuff??? that is a modern word.”
No, the word “stuff” existed in 1594 — seventeen years before the KJV — when Shakespeare used “stuff” in COMEDY OF ERRORS. Here are two lines from Act Five, Scene One of that play, with the word “stuff” used just as we use it in our own time:
COMEDY OF ERRORS, Act Five, Scene One:
“Master, shall I fetch your stuff from shipboard?”
“Dromio, what stuff of mine did you put on a ship?”
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“Also money being put in a “bank” in the Bible. They didn’t use banks then; there were the money changers who were used.”
No, the word “bank” in English — as a name for places where you can deposit/withdraw/borrow/exchange money — first shows up in documents from the early fourteenth century (again, well before the King James Version). Even before then , in Bible times, the Romans and Greeks and other civilizations had such places (in their home, and in conquered nations such as the Holy Land) and had names in their own languages for such places.
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“And just the simple fact that the Truth now ‘makes’ you free rather than ‘sets’ you free, seems pretty minor, but when the word is changed while sitting on my shelf, it is pretty important to me (besides… being SET free is pretty powerful, while being ‘made’ free (according to the root words) means simply a declaration of a condition. kinda minor, right?”
Wrong.
In the eras when slavery was legal — when there were, therefore, legal procedures and documents for freeing a slave — freeing a slave could be, and was, equally often described as “making the slave free” or “setting the slave free.” Both expressions, and their equivalents in other languages (not just in English) were considered to be equal in meaning and in power: both expressions meant the same major, life-changing new status for the (ex-)slave.
OMG I love you TOM. Thank you thank you thank you. Every word that you said spoke to me and confirmed what I truly know is happening that most will not be able to EVER hear. They are not ready for it. No Bible prophecy here- just a huge universal shift. How fun that we get to experience the glitches or whatever it is that is happening…. I wish that all the people experiencing this can come together because it is pointless even trying to explain it to people who do not get it- they want to be right by using proof of what is NOW in this reality. Which is exactly why the rest of us are wondering what is up? NOBODY CAN PROVE WHAT WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING BUT IF WE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS – MANY MANY PEOPLE- THAT IS PROOF ENOUGH FOR ME. And who the hell would laugh at CERN?? Only an ignorant person. My God – The person that started this site has to do some research it really shows stupidity when you start to laugh at a place that has more knowledge about reality as we know it than anyone on the planet. Maybe read a tiny bit about quantum physics or take a math class.
It’s witchcraft.
To me it seems more tied in with “special snowflake” syndrome. You grow up being told how special and unique you are, then the reality of that lie sinks in as you get older. Unfortunately at this point, the ego has taken root in this belief, and now you simply cannot be wrong, your memory is perfect, and you are so special that it must be reality that changed.
It is well documented that the brain injects information when it encounters a vacuum. Ever thought you saw a spider and it turned out to be a stick or some fuzz?
The “Luke, I am your father” line is a good example as to why this idea is an over reaction by special unique snowflakes. Think about it. Really think about it and disassociate yourself with the need to be right and fear of being wrong. The line was simply changed when quoted by people to give context. If you just said “no, I am your father” then the context would be unclear. Change no to luke, especially after the film came out, gives the necessary context. Now we know someone is telling Luke that they are their father. That significantly narrows the options down.
There isn’t anything supernatural here. I have encountered many things considered conspiracy, and there are quite a few that are actually believable, and I do believe them. But this is grasping at straws here.
Every single example presented on this subject anywhere has an incredibly Reasonable possible answer. Hasn’t anyone ever heard of Occam’s Razor?
True, but I would argue that the Theory of Relativity would not exist if Occam’s Razor is always true. Also, Occam’s Razor, per its definition, can be applied to scientific endeavors most of the time, not all of the time. The Mandela effect has statsically significant data so it cannot be that easily explained with O.R., imo.
I have a few theories:
(a) CERN experiments changed timeline/put us in an alternative universe OR it made it possible to witness it change, allowed it for us to be aware of ever occuring changes, that up until now only mad people or people in trance were able to experience. thus musicians through the ages: “look what they did to y song, ma” OR george michael video from 1993 with logos changing
(b) alien beings/God came and they are greeting us in this way since for a reason they cannot broadcast message in any other way
(c) WW3 broke out/asteroid hit Earth in 2012 and we are all dead now experiencing life after death until we acknowledge this and move to a different place
(d) some things are mandela effect, some are only false memory – this shows us what is proven in science – human memory is not reliable and solid, it’s easy to mis-interpret things and thus create false reality and believe in it – like buddhism is telling us for 3000 years now
(e) we live in matrix and only purpose in life is for us to improve and get better – if we fail we get born again like in groundhog day film and start anew. life is but a dream.
Those are the coolest explanations yet. LOVE it. I guess whatever one we choose IS our reality?!
Tip from the future. Stop asking so many questions and looking for so many answers. All of the answers to your questions will be granted to those who wait. Patience is the key principle to love. Live for the moment in which you’re reading this and better yourself every chance you have to do so.
Intellegently theorizing the truths of life will only leave you empty. Unfulfilled. And questioning your own existence more than ever before.
Grasp your life by the horns. Learn to balance the difference between thought and feeling, and most importantly leave your skeptical minds at the door, because no healthy persons are going to be influenced by your lack of genuine fondation.
Be grateful for the life that YOU were GRANTED. Because in this life, that is just about all that is certain. Outside of that, there is nothing you will ever truely KNOW.
Let it go.
plenty of people have seen their bibles changed while it literally sat on the shelf. Sorry but the debunk explanations mean nothing when you realize its time and history changed not just someone made a mistake or a change. Ever heard of the higgs bosom the god particle formula or cern? Just because naysayers don’t believe its possible doesn’t mean they’re right. Or should we call naysayers, primitive?
What we should do is get the witnesses of this phonomona together and record their experiences and build a body of evidence, I.e.; data, for study by The Scientific Method,
An essential aspect in determining truth is precision in language, something you yourself failed at in saying- people have watched the bibles literally change on the shelf, but not saying what their bibles changed into.
Precision in language ( writing ) is essential to determine the existence of said phonomona for testing, observations and application of deductive reasoning to draw conclusions- ( sound familier? ).
The simplest answer/s ( See ‘Occams Razor’ ) to the ME phonomona is accounted for by the following:
( Not exhaustive )
1. “Information overload”- ( Could be called “Future Shock”. see author Alvin Tofler ). Given the truly bad education many Americans have recieved, its not surprising they’re incapable of applying a clear analytical approach to personal disjunctive cognitive discrepencies.
2. “Re-Branding”- Manufactures re-introducing old products- They used to tell us their products were “New and Improved”. This Imprecise language ( a tactic) to compell the purchase of a product one has prevously discontinued the use of.
As an aside, a wonderful new conspiracy I’ve imagined is that ISIS operatives have created ME to destabilize America by striking at its collective cognitive underpinnings. Future Shock indeed, as if adults today don’t already have enough toys to play with.
How cool is that so many of the people who say the ‘Berenstain Bears’ got ‘changed’ still can’t spell it properly! And yet they swear blind they remember it perfectly going back 30 or 40 years.
Everything you need to know right there.
I just got on this topic. I remember earth (our solar system) being on the edge of the galaxy but now every where I look it is on the equator of our galaxy. I found one youtube video where it is said the earth is on the edge. I thought that the scientists found new evidence for the earth being somewher else. But I haven’t found anything about it in the web. But for example as the change of pluto being not a plant anymore was all in the news. Sorry for my poor english.
Truth be told this is real and has been going on for only a little while. As crazy as it seems there are 2 different objects that can be the same for 2 different people. 1 remembers it different than the other because both are from different places. I am agnostic and find that what was written in the bible has changed and changed in bibles I’ve read since I was a child. How? Try to debunk all you want. You yourself cannot explain it. My wife thought I was nuts til it happened to her and she said she seriously didn’t realize she thought mandela died when Reagan was president but the news said it was happening now. Move to 2016 and she realizes what she said about me being crazy was wrong. She saw it happen again and this time it was someone she knew had died and when and where and even went to the damn funeral! So debunk away please! Your path is not the same as ours. There is something askew with this whole mess and none of us can see it all. But some of us have seen pieces of it for the past 3 or 4 years.
Your statment; “Truth be told this is real…” is false. Words have meanings. The meaning of the word “Truth”, in our Greco-Roman mythos Is an object whose characteristics are founded on testing and observation of repeatable results. “Truth” is collective.
“Real” also has a precise meaning. Reality is he sum total of experienced “Objects”. Until the ME is properly studied it can neither be said to be true or false or real.
What I suspect will soon be REAL is a leap in stock values of pharmaceutical companies producing psycotropic compounds.
Just finished watch Gump for what has to be the 10’000 and he clearly says like he’s said like IS like a box of chocolates. Even watched with the subtitles on and paused it right on life IS like a box of chocolates. If I could post a picture here I’d do it. You people need to get back on your meds. ASAP . Theres no little green men, nobody’s putting anything in the water. The contrails behind jets aren’t spreading chemicals over us. I’ve read my bible many times and it hasn’t changed at all. The people that believe this crap are probably the same people that thought the Blair witch project was true. Or that they just seen Elvis and Michael Jackson eating breakfast at Dennys. Stop playing on the Dark Web or you’ll give yourself nightmares. Grow up Children.
show us a copy of Forrest Gump where he says that. Would LOVE to see.
Yeah please. I watched it on Netflix, with my husband and his buddy, 3 times!! It clearly says “Life WAS like a box of chocolates”… And you need to get back on your meds… because my mom and dad even heard WAS over the dang phone. Ya looney.
It was “Life is like a box of chocolates”… and tbh I don’t believe that bothers me as much as the bibles changing.. I to, and friends of mine have looked… Bibles that are years old… So tell me how you debunk words changing in a book, that’s been sitting on a shelf for years? The Lords Prayer is NOT right. There is something really weird going on.
Opps I put 10’000 when it should have been 10,000 . Now was that some other me in a different reality, or was it due to the fact that I’ve been awake for almost 24hrs. and need to get some sleep? I live in America where Obama is president and Clinton is running for president. If I could escape this reality believe me I’d be all for it…
Here’s a context for you guys… I just scrolled through an entire list of comments where a handful of supposed arbiters of rationality waited patiently for others to post declarations of confusion, misspelings and all, and what did I realize after reading all of it? Some of you are dealing with confusion, and others are really certain that you’re dealing with confusion. It can, at times, be difficult to discern which of you are which.
At last, a sane theory. Can we PLEASE now rename it to the more suitable ‘Mandela Affect'(after all that’s how I remember it being spelled!)
I remember it being the “Mandelli Artefact”. I’ll have to change the site’s name now. Jeez!
it is amazing how our memory is flexibile and how many, many things we don’t notice at all – and yet we are convinced they are true – made up in our minds. that is scientific fact. however, regarding mandela effect – some things are false memory, but there are too many of us remembering things – which makes mandela effect real in some points. some things did change and for now only hyper-sensitive persons can notice and comprehend them.
How do you know “… there are too many of us remembering things – ” ? That could be a false memory.
My theory is ISIS created the ME to reduce us all to blithering idiot and can then sweep In without firing a shot!
A New and Improved Conspiracy
The thing is I actually made you tube video debunking ME, and i do remember i double checked – it was bernstain and how people mis remembered and misplaced it with bernstein the composer. few days later – it is berenstain all of the sudden. i do remember there were 4 people in JFK limo. C3Po did not have silver leg. dolly did wear braces, i remember them – i watched the film last year –
I feel the Mandela effect is comparable to something to the effect of believing in supernatural phenomena intervening in people’s lives, as oppose to it being just a coincidence, where the Mandela Effect is just that. A romanticized coincidence exclusively made to save face.
D wave computer is the reason . Quantum physics. Which causes parallel unverses to meet on the same plane .The fastest computer in the world it calculate future past and present .We call it the Quantum Effect .Who ever control the past controls the fu
ture. It is a form of time travel. The University of Southern California has One too. What it does it takes bit and pieces from future past and present calculates different small changes of possiblity and give answer to reality in a physical way then just words altering reality so people remember a thing this way while other remember it this way. Research Cern and Dwave computer you will find truth on what going on Thank you for reading
The question is, why blame this on CERN and “multi-verses”, and not the glicogyn we all carry in our bodies thanks to Monsanto corporation, or the radioactive particals from atmospheric nuclear bomb testing?
If I remember the documentary correctly, the outcome of the experiment suggested that neither camp of physicists were correct- neither string “multiverses” nor loop-quantum gravity. God stuck the math right in the middle, which cracked me up!
There’s just too much information now, and old information can be and is being “up-dated”. If these apparent anomalies are causing stress, I think that’s called “Future Shock”.
In children, imagination is fun. In adults, it can drive you to drink. Don’t forget to wear your helmets ( In my reality, drivers wear helmets )
If Mandela died in prison, the government killed him to see how the ANC would react. Check news for his having died, and learn about war tactics. Many great revolutionary leaders died many times before they won.
On the Forest Gump Box of Chocolates line.. someone on YouTube has posted a video with behind the scenes footage showing where he says: Life IS like a box of chocolates. How the actual film line got changed is truly bizarre. The behind the scenes footage is filmed from a different angle as well.
People always want to dissect a situation and call people crazy for having ideas. Truth is .there is no limit to what an agenda driven government can do. There is not a particle accelerator laboratory that is so big it goes through 2 countries for no reason.
Wtf? I’m watching the British open like I have for 40 years and they’re calling it the open. No British. Wtf
I think this phenomena is happening all the time – since the start of life. Life “repairs” itself as time warps – goes back and forth, it improves itself – grammatical errors are reparied, good leaders like Nelson Mandela are allowed to live etc. Probably discovery of new sub-atom particles allowed all of us, since we are connected like twins, to be able to retain memory from alternative universe(s). It may be connected to birds death in 2011, bees mass dieing, whales getting sunk on beaches, sink holes appearing, earthquakes, strange and extreme weather etc – and if CERN said this is happening because they are observing the double slit experiment on global base, it would mean they are legally responsible for the disasters and damages worldwide.
Hate to break it to you guys but it was ALWAYS “Sex AND the City”. It just sounds like “in” when you say it out loud. My husband, who is an avid baseball fan and who also has a photographic memory, confirmed: “if you build it, HE will come.” He didn’t even have to think about it for a second before answering. You guys are making a unfathomable mountain out of a mundane mole hill here. There is no supernatural phenomenon happening. People just remember stuff wrong. Did you ever think maybe a handful of susceptible people remembered these things wrong and then passed the incorrect memory down to children/friends/family through either story telling or in written word? Such a mistake like “Sex in the City” could EASILY cascade out of control with the likes of social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. But if you need that kind of delusional spice to feel thrilled in life, then by all means…worlds are colliding. ILLUMINATI! *eye roll*
The Lincoln limo jfk was shot in had 2 folding jump seats between the front and back seats. Gov Connelly and his wife were sitting in these. A driver, a shotgun rider, gov Connelly, his wife, then Jack and Jackie in back, six occupants in the Lincoln not 4!
I think people my be confusing the death of Steven Biko with Mandela. Similar situations. Biko died in custody in the 1980s sparking many of the anti apartheid protests which gave rise to the Mandela cult of personality. Just a thought.
I had a hernia and had to lay down for 4 months. I did explored youtube in those months and it is a completly fascinating world of fantasie that I encountered; from chem trails, the coming of Nibiru, ufo sitings, parallel universes, illuminati conspiracies down to the Mandela effect. Most people probably posted for fun (I hope) but some are deadserious, not controlled by any form of common sense or serious evidence.
With regard to the Mandela effect: it is a common sense fact that a memory is nothing but a thought you have NOW. There is no link back to the period in time that thought was created. The supposed link back to the time of creation of that thought (memory) is also just a thought you have NOW. These thoughts are brainstates, which are probably copied multiple times when you are discussing or rethinking the topics. The copying is never perfect and thoughts are altered this way. It perfectly makes sense that this happens to multiple people especially with regard to common knowledge that is discussed at parties, at school, in commercials etc etc.
Good example is the Carl Marx-statement: Religion is opium OF the people. This statement was often misquoted by left wing followers as “Religion is opium FOR the people”, suggesting a capitalistic conspiracy to enslave the masses. The last version is the one I heard mostly in the seventies (left wing highdays in Europe) and is the one that I thought was original, untill someone showed me the correct version. Might be that Das Kapital is changed by a Parallel universe event but I think Occams Razor is the right way to go here (I was misinformed and/or memorized wrongly).
But Twitter and FB was not as prevalent in society when Sex In The City was released. And your husband doesn’t have to have a photographic memory to remember the line ‘If you build it They will come’ because it was dialogue, no imagery on the original release. Your ‘eye roll’ is enough to dismiss your post and anything else you add to this important post.
Please respect the concerns that people here are pos
Back at the time that Sex and the City was being produced, all the women who watched it thought all the men were idiots for saying “Sex IN the city”. It was discussed often, at that time; the confusion has always been there, and always talked about. The BIG difference was that people mostly watched shows at the same time; DVRs were new and expensive. Now everyone binge watches shows by themselves, years after they were produced. Who’s to correct you, since you are not participating in some communal experience.
*posting, and understand that this is multicultural. Why is this questioning of reality happening now? Why are there more and more researching this? That is my concern, because i see an increase in awareness, which is a good thing. It’s always best to question everything rather than accept and forget. I hope we find an answer to all of this, for both sides.
The so called “Mandela Effect” is actually very simple and easy to understand – if you are willing to accept the concept that human memory is very subject to lapses, conflation with previous experiences and the influence of society. It is very much like deja vu.
Most people don’t want to accept the fact that our memory is not the flawless digital recording we imagine it to be. It is very subjective based on our personality, beliefs and previous experiences. It then can become further degraded over time, altered further by similar later experience occurring after the original event the memory references and statements by others concerning a similar experience with them.
For example, recently I had a daughter unexpectedly move away and it caused a lot of turmoil in our family. In texting with her the day after the move she told me she had a return plane ticket but it went to waste. Later my older daughter said the younger one told her she had gotten on a bus and had a panic attack and couldn’t return. Then 2 days ago the younger was telling me about why she couldn’t return. Yesterday I finally asked her why she would have said she had planned to take a plane and a bus. She had no idea where the idea of a bus came from. She had never said anything to her sister or me about taking a bus. I insisted she had told me about the bus just the day before.
When I went back and read our texts from the day before, she was right. She had never mentioned a bus to me even though I could have sworn she had. When she was telling me about her panic attack, I simply inserted the bus into her story because her sister told me about her taking a bus, all without realizing I had done so. If not for being able to go back and re-read our conversation – and been willing to admit my memory might be mistaken – I would never have accepted her version of what she said!
Granted this is all anecdotal, but that is the case with all “Mandela Event” cases. There is no actual evidence to support the assertions of those with the different recollection, and they don’t want to admit on an individual basis they might be wrong. The fact that others claim they have a similar recollection just reinforces the assertion it is the rest of the world that is wrong. Because these individuals don’t want to accept the simple, logical and rational explanation they are mistaken, they make the same leap to supernatural explanations our distant ancestors did to explain lighting or the motion of the moon. They grab hold of theories from quantum mechanics or physics, which only a few of the best theoretical physicists actually understand, to try to give an air of respectability to their positions. Alternate dimensions, splitting timeliness and the like are in no way an actual rational hypothesis for these “events” than saying Odin or Hypolita did it, but since the proponents of those scientific hypotheses as explaining “Mandela Effect” actually understand them no better than the average man on the street, they seem likely to them and give a false sense of plausiblity.
The real explanation for the so-called “Mandela Effect” is simple, rational and easy to understand. The only flaw in it is that it is unacceptable to those who don’t want to admit their memory is just as faulty as anyone else’s and they are just as easily influenced by bias and social pressures as anyone else.
It’s interesting that many people report this, it’s not individual stuff. Also, it is interesting that there are articles about famous mis-quotes from movies – dated from 2011 onwards. how come no one in 80s or 90s reported that “Luke, I am your father” was the wrong quote? Even more so, how come in those articles and you tube videos from 2011 – there is no mentioning of “Life is/was a box of chocolate”? That is very famous film – with mis-heard quote and yet no one is mentioning it in those articles from 2011, up until a month or two people noticed this change. Dolly from Moonraker did wear braces, I remember seeing them in 2015. That is the whole point she fell in love with Jaws. But maybe it is better for some people to believe Mandela effect is a fiction – since if they accept life is surreal, it may cause them heart-attack or severe mental problems – so it’s for their own benefit to dismiss it.
I like how the Debunkers think they’ve debunked an effect that isn’t affecting them. Sorry. Not possible. YoU just simply dont get it.
Some of them are debatable to me. Never in the bible was the word bottles anywhere. it’s wineskins. Then it was lion and lamb not wolf and lamb. Nice try tho. If I wasn’t affecting me I would debunk it the same way so i feel ya
Has the U.S. Constitution changed? You would be surprised!!