Causes Of The Mandela Effect

Another cause of the Mandela Effect is suggest reasoning. One of the most famous examples of the Mandela Effect can be explained with suggested reasoning. This theory is that the last name has changed of a family of bears that every child should be familiar with, the Berenstain bears- or is it Berenstein bears. The name of the actual bear family is Berenstain, but growing up some may remember it as Berenstein, well to explain this sudden change is suggested reasoning. The suffix -stein is far more popular than the suffix -stain. The brain is tricked into thinking that it is Berenstein because it is more familiar with it. Memories are distorted by what the reader thinks is correct. In a real-life event, Steve Titus was a victim to the suggested …show more content…
The same thing would happen with others like titles of books and movies, or famous lines from movies, or with some logos (SC5). One theory of what was happening was that we had been slipping into a parallel universe but with science, we chalk the Mandela Effect up to simple confabulation, false memories and suggested reasoning. Confabulation is the process of adding details that were never there to fill in the blanks of one’s memories. This is common in patients that have brain trauma. Patients with it also believe one hundred percent that their memories are correct. Another reason why the Mandela Effect is so popular is false memories. False memories are when someone remembers something. This could be affected by association, and bias, and ‘fake news’ (SC6). The final reason that explains why The Mandela Effect occurs is suggested reasoning and that is asking someone if they remember a certain event with twisted details, making it seem believable. With these three components, the brain can be influenced into thinking that a memory that it had thought of by itself, had been there from the start. Is this all a lie? What is the real truth? How do people know what to believe now? What we know for sure is that we have one thing to look for: to see what around us is different than how it is (SC7). Could it all be part of a parallel universe? Who knows. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Mandela