Mandela effect

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Nelson Mandela, discoverer of the Mandela effect.

The Mandela effect is named for the South African coupon activist "Free" Nelson Mandela.

It is used to describe false memories that become part of the public perception. Most people thought that they remembered Mandela dying in prison (the South African government certainly thought so). Where in reality, he was eventually released and became leader of that country. Today, few people in the world are aware that at age 300, Mandela is still active and hunting down Elon Musk for calling him a "Pedo". That in itself is meta, also caused by the Mandela effect. This is because Musk actually said "Pedro", the man Musk thinks is the president of South Africa. Pedro in turn was actually the kid running for school president in Napoleon Dynamite. This demonstrates how deep the roots go when the Mandela effect happens.

The concept then calls into question on whether our memories are reliable at all. Intelligent Design followers say their memories are perfect over the 800 years that the world has existed and it is those gosh darn so-called scientists that have faulty memories. On the other hand, this idea has also questioned religious infallibility if you remember the time Jesus forgot to take out the garbage one Friday and God got got really mad at him. It further places doubt on the idea of reliable eyewitnesses to crime, despite everyone in 'Merca or France knowing a black person did it, no matter what.

For those so-called experts at Wikipedia think they have an article about Howie Mandel effect, or simply go here.

The Mandela effect does not seem to involve normal day-to-day memories. Everyone is able to find their burrows just fine, and remember to charge their phones by placing them in the fridge. Nearly everyone knows that Howdy Doody is the US president, and that "up" is a popular flavor of ice sludge. So not to worry. And if you can remember Nelson Mandela narrating March of the Penguins, you'll have him sorted out right away.

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