https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qg5v/is-cern-causing-mandela-effect-by-creating-portals-to-alternate-dimensions-an-investigation
The Mandela Effect, in which large numbers of people all misremember the same thing about pop culture (it's always been "Double Stuf" Oreos), is a highly interesting conspiracy theory, in part

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/world/mandela-effect-collective-false-memory-scn/index.html
False memories. "The Mandela Effect is a really fascinating memory phenomenon where everyone seems to show incorrect memories for common popular icons," said neuroscientist Wilma Bainbridge

https://theconversation.com/the-mandela-effect-and-the-science-of-false-memories-114226
The name of the theory dates back to 2010, when numerous people on the internet falsely remembered Nelson Mandela was dead. It was widely believed he died in prison during the 1980s. Mandela was

https://theconversation.com/new-study-seeks-to-explain-the-mandela-effect-the-bizarre-phenomenon-of-shared-false-memories-188269
Because of that, scientific research has only studied the Mandela Effect as an example of how conspiracy theories spread on the internet. There has been very little research looking into the

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/mandela-effect
The Mandela effect is an unusual phenomenon where a large group of people remember something differently than how it occurred. Conspiracy theorists believe this is proof of an alternate universe

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-mandela-effect-bizarre-phenomenon-false.html
The Mandela Effect became fodder for conspiracists—the false memories so strong and ... scientific research has only studied the Mandela Effect as an example of how conspiracy theories spread on

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mandela-effect
The Mandela Effect refers to widespread false memories that large numbers of people or a group of individuals believe. They may be harmless but can also support conspiracy theories or political

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-mandela-effect-4589394
The Mandela Effect occurs when a large mass of people believes that an event occurred when it did not. Explore examples and possible explanations. ... One theory for the basis for the Mandela effect originates from quantum physics and relates to the idea that rather than one timeline of events, alternate realities or universes may be taking

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-instincts/202312/the-mandela-effect-how-do-collective-false-memories-work
Highly speculative theories allege that it is the cause of some kind of "glitch in the matrix," delving into connections between the Mandela effect, simulation theory, and parallel worlds

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vbwp3a/how-the-mandela-effect-theory-of-false-memories-took-over-the-internet-v26n1
One thing that differentiates the Mandela Effect from conspiracy theory, however, is that it doesn't claim to have found an answer. Instead, there are only more questions. "What makes this the

https://theconversation.com/the-mandela-effect-and-how-your-mind-is-playing-tricks-on-you-89544
Broome explains the Mandela Effect via pseudoscientific theories. She claims that differences arise from movement between parallel realities (the multiverse). This is based on the theory that

https://aeon.co/ideas/on-shared-false-memories-what-lies-behind-the-mandela-effect
This scenario was named the 'Mandela effect' by the self-described 'paranormal consultant' Fiona Broome after she discovered that other people shared her (false) memory of the South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s. Is a shared false memory really due to a so-called 'glitch in the matrix', or

https://www.britannica.com/science/Mandela-effect
Mandela effect, popularized phenomenon in which a group of people collectively misremember facts, events, or other details in a consistent manner.Paranormal researcher and author Fiona Broome conceptualized the effect after discovering that she and others possessed strong, yet false, memories about the death of South African anti-apartheid activist (and later president) Nelson Mandela while in

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1198908820/throughline-the-mandela-effect-05-16-2024
The Mandela Effect. For nearly thirty years, the South African government held a man it initially labeled prisoner number 46664, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. But in 1994, Mandela

https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/15-irrefutable-reasons-we-might-be-living-in-a-simulation.html
1. The Mandela Effect. Some people claim to remember TV coverage of Nelson Mandela's death in the 1980s even though he actually died in 2013. The "Mandela Effect" is therefore supposedly

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/the-mandela-effect-conspiracy-theorists-believe-were-living-in-colliding-alternate-realities/news-story/ac488ee2426335f09d781f50c26ba33a
Mandela was alive at the time they apparently vividly recalled this. He died in December 2013, three years after Broome first voiced her theory, while suffering from a prolonged respiratory

https://futurism.com/the-byte/cern-scientists-annoyed
Several conspiracy theories involving the Mandela effect and portal opening have gone viral, and CERN scientists are trying to counter the misinformation. Big News / Small Bytes 7.22.22, 11:03 AM EDT

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/mandelas-mole-moved-no-photo-flipped
Conspiracy theory rooted in 'Mandela Effect' The claim that Mandela died in prison at Robben Island in the 1980s and was replaced is a conspiracy theory that has gained popularity in recent years. The theory claims that the real Nelson Mandela died in 1985 at the age of 67 years.

https://theconversation.com/us/topics/mandela-effect-49471
Real-life adherents to the Mandela Effect veer into conspiratorial thinking. But they do hit on an important truth: Our understanding of history is malleable. ... Conspiracy theories; Internet

https://nypost.com/2016/11/07/the-mandela-effect-explains-many-of-the-worlds-great-conspiracy-theories/
This phenomenon explains many of the world's great conspiracy theories. Darth Vader's classic line is a perfect example of the "Mandela Effect." Getty Images. "Luke, I am your father.". If

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/07/24/the-mandela-effect/
The Mandela Effect is a collective misremembering of a fact or event. Various theories have been proposed to explain what causes it, some more sensible than others. Become a Member

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/12-times-the-mandela-effect-totally-got-us/ar-BB1ojtLp
The Mandela Effect is a fascinating phenomenon where a large group of people remembers an event or detail differently than it actually happened. Named after Nelson Mandela, this effect has sparked

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/12/15/nelson-mandela-mandelaeffect/
He had died 10 days earlier. Those facts aside, many people have the false memory that Mandela died in prison in the 1980s — a phenomenon so prominent that it spurred a phrase, the "Mandela

https://www.grunge.com/603544/why-some-believe-the-world-actually-ended-in-2012/
In the Twitter thread, Hinton explained that 2012 was the year when scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) discovered the Higgs boson particle — the so-called "God particle" that Stephen Hawking once warned could result in the universe undergoing a "catastrophic vacuum decay." At this point, there's already one notable inconsistency with the theory; it was only