So there is no doubt that we do not all have the right memories, of course not in long periods and often not in short term.
Hek, if all of us had the right memories, all of us would have scored A+ in every class at any time!
Of course this is not the case, but it is not that the Mandela actually makes the effect so strange.
Strange comes because we are not just talking about bad memories or remembering things incorrectly, we are talking about shared false memories.
It is a false memory or a hallucination for a person….
But it is extremely rare, if not impossible, do dozens of, hundreds, thousands or even millions of people have the same shared false memory or hallucinations for all.
Millions of people are adamant that they remember him dying in jail in the 1980s, but it is revealed that it was not so. After his release from jail, he died peacefully at home in 2013 after serving as the President of South Africa.
And once people started talking about the shared false memory of dying in jail in the 1980s, people began to realize that this was not the only example.
There are really hundreds of shared false memories that are really harassing people.
I am going to show you a list of 100 of them and I want to know which people echo with you.
If you are like me, most of these will not be the things you remember (or “misinformation) and something will seem that they can clarify how you can turn in a few years and decades, almost like a huge game of telephone.
But if you are like me, there will be 5 or 10 in this list, or perhaps just a small handful, which will make you die in your track and you will say that there is no way that is true. There is not that this (wrong) way I remember it!
And this is what makes it so fully compelling.
So now I give you a list of 100, and I will put you in red color that I miss exactly 100%:
Nelson Mandela dies
Wrongly: He died in jail in the 1980s.
reality: After serving as the president of South Africa, he died at home in 2013.
Berenstein Beer vs Berenstein Bear
Wrongly: “Bareenstein” spelling with “E”.
reality: Always “Berenstane” with a “A”.
Star Wars: “Luke, I’m your father”
Wrongly: Darth Wadar says, “Luke, I am your father.”
reality: He says, “No, I am your father.”
Monopoly man’s monocal
Wrongly: The monopoly man (rich uncle penibags) wears a monocal.
reality: He never had a monocal.
Loom corneukopia fruit
Wrongly: There is a corneukopia behind the fruit in the logo.
reality: No cornukopia has ever been a part of people.
Shazam (Sinabad Jinn Movie)
Wrongly: A 1990s film was starring as a genie in Sinabad, a film “Shazam”.
reality: No such film exists; Often confusing with “Kazam” in which Shakeel O’Neel is starred.
Curious George’s tail
Wrongly: The monkey has a tail.
reality: Curious George has always been telless.
Febreze vs febreeze
Wrongly: “Febreeze” spelling with two “E”.
reality: This is “e.” There is “Fabrase” with.
Snow White: “Mirror, Mirror”
Wrongly: Rani says, “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”
reality: She says, “Magic mirror on the wall.”
JIF vs Jifi Peanut Butter
Wrongly: “Jifi” is called peanut butter.
reality: Always “jif.”
Loni Tunes vs Loni Toon
Wrongly: “Toon” (small for cartoons) spelling.
reality: It is “tunes” (mentioning music).
Sex and city vs sex in city
Wrongly: Title “Sex in the City.”
reality: This is “Sex and the City”.
Chic
Wrongly: “Chic-Fil-A” or “Chik-Fil-A” spelling.
reality: Always “Chik-Fil-A.”
Fruit Loops vs Fruit Loops
Wrongly: “Fruit loop” spelling.
reality: This is “fruit” with two “O” with “fruit loops”.
Thinker statue
Wrongly: Hands on the forehead or fist.
reality: The hand rests under the chin, the knuckle near the mouth.