The Truth behind Mandela effects

The Mandela effect got it's name from former South African President Nelson Mandela dying in 2013, although many people remember him dying in the 1980s in prison. a lot of people even describe remembering news coverage of his death and even a speech from his widow about his death. Mandela effects are essentially “collective false memories.”, it is when large group of people collectively have a particular saying or memory a certain way when, in reality, the truth is different from the memory.

Conspiracy theorists believe that Mandela effects are an example our reality interact acting with other alternate realities or parallel universes. However, doctors have a much different explanation of memory, and how some memories, although vivid, can be false.

Confabulation is “honest lying..” A person creates a false memory without intending to lie or deceive others. Instead, they’re attempting to fill in gaps in their own memory. Many examples of the Mandela effect are close to the original or true memory. Some researchers believe that people — even a large group of people — use confabulation to “remember” what they feel is the most likely sequence of events.