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The Mandela Effect

Updated: May 4, 2021

If you’ve ever had a vivid memory of something happening that turned out to have never occurred, you’ll be happy to know there’s a name for the phenomenon…and you’re not alone in this seemingly alternate reality 🙃

What in the world is the Mandela Effect? In a nutshell, it’s having memories that don’t match with current reality and history. Fiona Broome, one of the people who coined the term, launched a website in 2009 to document the phenomenon, explains that the Mandela Effect “is what happens when someone has a clear memory of something that never happened in this reality.” But why is it called the Mandela Effect? Well, Broome was at a conference talking with other people about how she remembered the tragedy of former South African president Nelson Mandela's death in a South African prison in the 1980s.

However, Nelson Mandela did not die in the 1980s in a prison—he passed away in 2013. As Broome began to talk to other people about her memories, she learned that she was not alone. Others remembered seeing news coverage of his death as well as a speech by his widow. Broome was shocked that such a large mass of people could remember the same identical event in such detail when it never happened. Encouraged by her book publisher, she began a website to discuss what she called the Mandela Effect and other incidents like it.

Here are a few popular examples of this effect 🙃

Did Kit Kat ever have a hyphen in its name? 🤔

Was it LOONEY TOONS or LOONEY TUNES? 🤨

Did Curious George ever have a tale? 😳

Did Pikachu's tale ever have a black mark on it or has it been always been plain yellow? 🤔

Did the Monopoly Man ever have a monocle? 🧐

Which among these 2 do you think is right? 🤨

SKETCHERS or SKECHERS? 🤔

Did these images confuse you? Let me know in the comments 👀 Does this effect has any negative effects?

The Mandela Effect is not particularly dangerous for people to believe in – it can be fun and interesting to look up various instances in which people misremember information from, for example, famous events, products, and films. However, another danger here is the manner in which people try to explain the mechanics behind such an effect; that is, dismissing the notion of a reasonable, science-based explanation and instead, putting faith in pseudoscientific rubbish because it provides a sensational, perhaps, "more interesting" explanation.

In conclusion, the fact that a group of people conjure up the same false memories really should not cause confusion. We live in an interconnected world where two totally unrelated people may share the exact same experience, even though they have no knowledge of one another, and unless you believe human memory to be free of error, some of these experiences will eventually result in false memories. Also, since these memories do not have to be one singular event and can occur over days, months, and years, it is very difficult to trace the origin of the memory. So, figuring out when, why, and by what influenced your memory seems impossible to pinpoint. This phenomenon is so popular that there's even a 2019 Sci-Fi movie on it! What do you think about this insane phenomenon? 👀 Thank you for reading this blog and don't forget to subscribe. It's simple. You just have to click on the "Subscription Form" given at the bottom of the webpage. Enter your Name, E-Mail Address, and Voila! Follow me! Instagram : @Teen.Speak , @_ShaheeraKhan_ Twitter : @_Teenspeak_ , @_ShaheeraKhan_

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