Our memories of the past may not correspond to reality: someone embellishes the time in which he lived, while someone, on the contrary, remembers only negative moments. This effect of selectivity in human consciousness is well known to those whose childhood or adolescence fell on critical years in the history of the former Soviet Union. Sometimes, listening to the recollections of peers about how life was in those years, it seems that these people are actually from different eras. Or they were born and raised in completely different countries, their memories and emotions are so different. Or maybe they really are from different countries, only these countries are not on different continents, but in different Universes. It's just that these people were born and raised in parallel realities, and then these realities intersected.
In any case, this is the explanation that is most appropriate when scientists are trying to explain the so-called "Mandela effect". The essence of this phenomenon lies in the fact that some people believe that the great fighter for the rights of blacks Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 80s of the last century. And the other half of humanity - that he died peacefully in December 2013. Those who "buried" Mandela in the last century describe his funeral in detail and are ready to swear on anything that this event was widely covered in the world press. But there is no material evidence of this. But the fact remains - in December 2013, all the world's media told the world that Nelson Mandela had died. And it was after this that humanity was divided into two camps - those who consider the fighter against apartheid in South Africa to have died long ago in prison dungeons, and those whowho saw his funeral in 2013.
It was from that moment on that the world started talking about strange inconsistencies in the world memory of mankind, these “oddities” of collective memory were called “Mandela effect”.
There are many examples of false memories. It turns out that not only Mandela's "untimely" death is perceived differently by people. So, many "remember" that the famous nut butter "Nutella" was once two-color. But in fact, this delicacy has always been of a uniform chocolate color. Another example, already widespread in our country, is the accuracy of a quote from the cult film "The meeting place cannot be changed." Devoted fans of this tape were divided into two camps, some believe that Zheglov says to his partner, "Well, you have a vidocq, Sharapov." Others say that in the "original" the phrase sounds like "Well, you have a face, Sharapov." Where is the truth? The first option is correct. But there are people who “remember” that the phrase sounded completely different. And they think they are right.
What is the reason for such striking differences in memories? Proponents of the theory of the existence of parallel realities believe that both camps are right. It's just that the phrase sounds differently in different realities. And due to the fact that realities overlap, a similar confusion occurs.
Often people cannot explain why they remember certain events, while their loved ones do not. It seems that they experienced these moments in the place, and after a few years or even days, at the mention of something, friends make "big eyes" and say that this was not the case. And it's not that they are lying or knowingly want to mislead someone. In THEIR reality, this really was not! It's just that one person seems to "fall through" for a while into another space, and there certain events happen to him.
Zhanna and Natalia are friends who live in neighboring houses. One late evening, Jeanne was awakened by a phone call. A friend with tears in her voice said that she was stuck in the elevator and did not know what to do. The dispatcher doesn't answer and she's in a panic. Zhanna, continuing to talk to Natalya on her mobile, rushed to the next house to help at least with something. In a few minutes the situation was successfully resolved and the women forgot about the incident for some time.
Six months later, Jeanne falls into the same story. She cannot get through to the dispatcher, and the girl did not take her mobile phone with her. After a happy release from the elevator, Zhanna shared this story with her friend, noting that the only difference was that she was stuck in the cab in the early morning, and Natalya in the first hour of the night. But Natalya was very surprised. She asked when it was? Then it was the turn to be surprised by Jeanne: the girl reminded her friend that as recently as six months ago she called her late at night with a request to help. After all, she was trapped in an elevator car on her eighth floor!
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Natalia stubbornly insisted that this had never happened. The girls thought about it. They remembered that day exactly. They weren't drunk, they weren't using drugs. They even remembered how each of them had that day. But their memories of the evening were completely different. Natalya claimed that her husband went for a walk with the dog that evening, and he did not get stuck in the elevator. Zhanna insisted that it was her friend who went out into the street, got stuck in the cab and called her on her mobile phone with a request for help. Unfortunately, for six months the memory of outgoing and incoming calls on the phone was already full, and the girl was unable to provide her friend with “material” evidence of this event. But she remembered for sure that everything happened in reality, and not in a dream!
How to explain such a case? Jeanne never complained of blackouts or hallucinations. She is a completely reasonable and balanced woman. After this incident, Zhanna began to take an active interest in the history of the issue and found many similar stories on the Internet.
Participants and eyewitnesses of such events asked the same question: how people can have different memories of events. Why do some remember what happened, others completely deny this fact. The most accessible and reasonable Jeanne thought was the explanation associated with parallel realities. At some point, the two spaces intersected at the same time interval and the events seemed to "layered" one on top of the other. In the reality into which Jeanne accidentally "fell through" her friend was really stuck in the elevator. But this was not the case in their common space, so the friend does not "remember" about it. Then, the realities again "diverged" in their directions. And in the memory of women there are completely different memories of the events of that evening.
A "glitch in the Matrix", a crossroads of parallel realities, or something else? Since 2013, inquisitive minds have been trying to find an answer to the question of where people get such different memories of the same events. By the way, there is another version: it was during this period of human development that the first tests of the hadron collider took place. It was from this moment, according to the supporters of the theory, that all the oddities began with people's perception of space and time.
There are many theories, and none of them fully explains the phenomenon of "false memory". Each of those who encounter this phenomenon finds the most logical explanation for themselves and consoles himself that he did not dream about it.