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The Mandela Effect: A Conspiracy Theory

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A humans memory contains all that they have learnt and all they have experienced. Memories allow moments of today and yesterday last tomorrow and forever. It may seem that memories are a reliable source of information for a large majority of individuals but what would they think if their memories were actually wrong? To realize the memories that have been held in their minds for so long are inaccurate would cause great confusion and denial, which is the exact effect it has on them. Several people truly believe the reason why such a significant amount of others along with themselves have false memories is The Mandela Effect. The Mandela Effect is a conspiracy theory which focuses on parallel universes not only existing but also intertwining
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Without memory there is no civilization, no society, no future’ (interview). This quote is about how if you don’t remember these events then it might happen again if something this bad happens again then our society wont be no more there would be alot of world problems that we can’t have. We also need to remember those who have died because of the dehumanization they went through. ”I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name.”

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I believe that Remembering is a good thing it can help build you up or tear you down but it’s all in how you let it affect you. People have been through the worst of the worst like from Elie Weisel a quote from nights saying when we arrived and were walking of the cattle cars I went to the left with my father to the right my sister and my mother and at that moment I knew I would never see their faces ever again”, and that right there that moment defines Elie that hard and painful time made him strong and able to tell his story and inspire. And from Interment a girl say’s “it was a branding of her own indignation”, that goes to show that the Japanese when they were put in train cars and taken away from their home, it really goes along with the

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In the story a glass castle Jeannette Walls walks us through her life and what she had to go through to get where she is today. Through the book Jeannette describes events in great detail, but how factual are these events? In The Glass Castle Jeannette describes an event where she was burnt and was admitted into the hospital. During her visit in the hospital Jeannette describes conversations she had with nurses and doctors, yet she was three years old. The encyclopedia on early childhood development states that “Adults rarely recall personal events from before the age of 31⁄2 years” (Gordon).

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The speech from Elizabeth Loftus “The Fiction of Memory” she mentions that she study false memory for almost 30 years. False memory is the things that people remember but didn’t happened or remember it differently than the way they really were. After watch the video “The Fiction of Memory” by Elizabeth Loftus, I realize that false memory can be affect on everyone. In my personal experience; sometime I went to the place that I never been there before, but I will believe that is place I have been when I was child.

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An example of this when Guy realizes that him and Mildred couldn’t remember where they first met “ And suddenly she was so strange he couldn't believe he knew her st all.” ( Chapter 1 Page 42) By suppressing these memories, people aren’t able to form close relationships with anyone else. In 1984, Winston lets go of his childhood memories, dismissing them as “ false memories” . Him dismissing these memories shows the amount of control that

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This analysis of the Mandela effect uses multiple examples to support its argument. She provides background into the conspiracy and how it became popularized. By using examples such as the Berenstein Bears, Star Wars, and Oscar Meyer, she is able to connect with the reader through real-life examples of this phenomenon. It made me realize that I too fell under this effect. I was unaware of the Berenstein vs. Berenstain Bear debate

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What is the point in real memory? Why should we remember all the moral and immoral from the past? How does it even help us? Some people say most conditions in today's world are pointless but one item that stands out is memory. Everyone has to have memory, even if it just an image popping up in your head of the last time you took your dog on a walk or helped an old woman cross the street.

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The Mandela Effect is a worldwide conspiracy theory that recently was brought to attention due to an old children’s book called the Berenstain Bears, however, most people remember it being spelt Berenstein. The idea of the Mandela Effect is that hundreds or thousands of people have a clear memory of something happening one way but in reality it never happened. Some examples include brand names spelt differently than most people remember, famous movie quotes that everybody has been saying wrong, incorrect dates and historical misconceptions. However, a plethora of people believe that the Mandela Effect is hoax and the reason people remember these things incorrectly is simply due to bad memory.

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