At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉
Have you heard of the Mandela Effect? It's when you mistakenly recall events or experiences that have not occurred. (Definition via this website.)
What if the Mandela Effect is us actually remembering an alternate timeline?
And I'm not the first one to think of this...
That's a favorite trope for science fiction.
ReplyDeleteThat would be freaky and I think I had one.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be widespread.
Deleteyeah...I am almost 100% positive that I was with my ex and some friends in Toronto. We went down to take the subway and no one was there. There was yellow tape and we walked into the subway car which was covered in blood. We just stood there and my one friend was checking it out but my ex said we better get out of here. We quickly left and that was that. When I told this to my friends and my ex they don't recall this at all but i could swear this actually happened
DeleteI loved Birgit's answer! It would certainly be interesting if that was the case! Not sure I would like it!
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Then really stupid things are different between the timelines. I mean, come on. Berenstein Bears instead of Berenstain? Can't we have better differences than that? :)
ReplyDeleteI believe I could have an entire list of question about the mandela effected.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Mandela effect? Interesting concept.
ReplyDeleteYou've never heard of it before? Oh, it is.
DeleteI had not heard of that before. I would say that would be a premonition! Okay...to your question ~ haha if it was alternate timeline then I don't guess it could be a premonition.....oh these question my brain!!
ReplyDeleteThese are things that supposedly happened in the past, but didn't actually.
DeleteSomeone should base a movie around that. I love time travel type movies. My mind is blown right now.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea. Perhaps related is seeing pictures from your childhood, when you were too young to really know what happened or remember it, but it seems real to you due to family stories and because you've looked at the picture a lot. Or maybe you remember things from your dreams, but don't know they're from your dreams? Thanks for the blog visit, always appreciated.
ReplyDeleteCould be. That would make more sense than an alternative timeline, but it wouldn't be as interesting a story ;)
DeleteI wrote about the Mandela effect a few New Years ago after my young adult son told me about it. It's rather fascinating. As a SF reader...no, I'm not going to say it. You must be sick of me by now.
ReplyDeletePowdered Toast Man asked, so you're okay to say it.
DeleteI like to think that there are parallel universes in which I'm living a life unlike mine, such as being a mom of five kids.
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