The Mandela Effect - Episode 12

Episode Description:

In this episode, I discuss the Mandela Effect and how our collective memories can deceive us.

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To shadow fast, go to 9:29

Intro and outro music by Lundstroem

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Transcript:

Hi guys!

Welcome back.
Today I thought I would talk about an interesting psychological phenomenon called The Mandela Effect. Maybe some of you have heard of it before. 

The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where a large group of people remembers something differently from what it actually is or was. 

It was apparently named after Nelson Mandela, as many people vividly recall him dying in prison when, in fact, he was released and became the President of South Africa.

One more iconic example of this is from the movie quote "Star Wars." Can you quote Darth Vader? "Luke, I am your father," right? Wrong! The actual quote is, "No, I am your father." Our memories can deceive us, it seems.

Other examples include Curious George, the beloved children’s book about a curious monkey, who sometimes people remember as having a tail. Speaking of tails, some people remember Pikachu as having a black stripe on his tail when in fact it is completely yellow.

The evil queen in Snow White saying “Mirror Mirror on the Wall” when she actually says “Magic Mirror on the Wall”.  And the monopoly man is often thought to have a monocle when he in fact he does not.

I think one explanation for these false memories that we all share get started by some individual who spreads it to the masses. And perhaps another explanation is that our minds sometimes like to fill in information where it is not really present. Like, in the case of pikachu, since his pointy ears have black stripes, we might imagine his pointy tail in turn also has a black stripe. 

Anyways, do you know of any other Mandela Effect examples? Have you experienced any that I mentioned here?

That’s all for today.
Have a great week. Catch you next time!

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