The Mandela Effect - How Half the World Thinks that History is Re-w...

This shit will blow your mind...

Have you ever re-watched a TV show from the past and thought to yourself "Hey, I remember that a little differently" well so do hundreds of thousands of other people around the world, the catch is, they all remember the same thing. Let me give you a quick example, Do you remember the famous line from the Star Wars Franchise when Darth Vader tells luke a "Family Secret" about being his Dad? Well the actual line, might be a bit different from what you remember? Like me, and everyone else, you probably thought to yourself "Luke, I am your Father" but boy were we wrong, that line is NEVER said in the entire Star Wars franchise... It's actually "No I am, your father". Starting to think your life is a lie yet? Keep reading and I'll tell you a little bit about this wild phenomenon. Hope you enjoy!

Here we see Darthie blow our entire universe about with a single word

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.

Soooo, what one is it? Stain or Stein?

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.

This motherfucker called the brain does some crazy things to us sometimes! Just relax, Brain!

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.

This one is far out - The current version of the Ford Logo almost looks like "Jeord". I remember the second image, although it's never existed. (In this Reality)

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.

I once wore a Halloween costume of the Monopoly man as a teenager. The joke was on me, he's NEVER had a monocle

The aim of this post

Is unique among the current offerings on Steemit 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 right place, I will always touch base on the things that are blowing my mind. I personally believe that we are experiencing something out of this world and uncomprehendable right now. I really want to hear your thoughts on the post and what you think? Do you remember Luke? Do you remember the Ford logo? Let me know! I hope you enjoyed the read! Throw me an upvote, follow and resteem if you did!

I think we did ;)