Episode Description
The Mandela Effect is something many of us will have experienced at some point; this bizarre phenomenon, whereby large groups of people share the same false memories of a historical event, visual detail or pop culture fact, is surprisingly common. But why does it happen? Do the answer lie within the realms of science, or somewhere more otherworldly? Chyaz explores both the strangest examples and the most compelling theories associated with the Mandela Effect in this fascinating episode…
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Source Shout Outs
University of Chicago Study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36219739/
University of Chicago Study Article:
https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/news/new-research-shows-consistency-what-we-misremember
Psychology Today Article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talking-apes/202211/testing-the-visual-mandela-effect
Britannica Piece:
https://www.britannica.com/science/Mandela-effect
Independent Article:
Medical News Today Article:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mandela-effect#what-is-it
Fiona Broome’s Website:
https://mandelaeffectsite.wordpress.com/about-2/
YouGov Article:
Mandela Effect Sub-Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/
Snopes Articles:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monopoly-monocle-uncle-pennybags/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cornucopia-fruit-of-the-loom/
Simply Psychology Article:
https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.html
Big Think Article:
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-mechanics-mandela-effect/