Skeptoid #560: Remembering the Mandela Effect

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, History, Urban Legends, Science, Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Some claim that certain common false memories are evidence for alternate realities.

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0:00.0	Do you remember the Mandela effect?
0:05.9	It's the name for when lots of people all remember the same thing from a long time ago,
0:11.1	except they're all wrong.
0:13.6	And the effect is named for people remembering that Nelson Mandela died in prison when
0:18.4	of course in reality he did not.
0:20.8	Well if that's what you remember about the Mandela effect, guess what?
0:26.1	You're remembering it completely wrong.
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