The ‘Mandela Effect’ describes the false memories many of us share. But why can’t scientists explain it?
Mass Psychosis, Egregores, And The Invisible War For Human Consciousness
Bernhard Guenthersubstack.com
Memory can be distorted in many ways. People interpret a story in light of their world knowledge, imposing order where none had been present so as to make a more logical story. Memory is a reconstruction. We cannot remember every aspect of an event, so we remember those elements that have greatest emotional significance for us, and we fill in the g
... See moreHenry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
You could say the same thing is happening on a much larger scale in our culture. There’s a multitude of familiar factors pushing us all into different histories, from misinformation to identity politics, and as a country, there is less and less of a singular timeline that the majority of us can agree on.
But a second,... See more